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First Published Online January 14, 2009
The Oncologist, Vol. 14, No. 1, 60-66, January 2009; doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0147
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Geriatric Oncology

Untangling the Complexities of Depression Diagnosis in Older Cancer Patients

Mark I. Weinbergera, Andrew J. Rothb, Christian J. Nelsonb

aDepartment of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, New York, USA; bDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

Key Words. Depression diagnosis • Cancer • Geriatrics

Correspondence: Christian J. Nelson, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10022, USA. Telephone: 646-888-0030; Fax: 212-888-2356; e-mail: nelsonc{at}mskcc.org

Received July 8, 2008; accepted for publication December 14, 2008; first published online in THE ONCOLOGIST Express on January 14, 2009.

Disclosures

Mark I. Weinberger: None; Andrew J. Roth: None; Christian J. Nelson: None

Section editors Matti S. Aapro and Arti Hurria have disclosed no financial relationships relevant to the content of this article.

The content of this article has been reviewed by independent peer reviewers to ensure that it is balanced, objective, and free from commercial bias.

Target audience: Physicians who wish to advance their current knowledge of clinical cancer medicine in geriatric oncology.

This review article discusses the complexities of diagnosing depression in older, geriatric cancer patients. There has been little research conducted with this population on the assessment, recognition, and treatment of depression, and thus increased attention is required to improve care for these individuals. Depressive symptoms often manifest themselves differently in both cancer patients and older patients, and therefore a modified and adapted way of assessment must be employed when thinking about diagnosing and treating these patients.




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