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Stability and consistency of symptom clusters in younger versus older patients receiving chemotherapy.
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BMC Geriatrics. 24(1)
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BACKGROUND: By 2035, the number of newly diagnosed cancer cases will double and over 50% will be in older adults. Given this rapidly growing demographic, a need exists to understand how age influences oncology patients symptom burden. The study purposes were to evaluate for differences in the occurrence, severity, and distress of 38 symptoms in younger (