INTEGERATE Is Integrated Geriatric Assessment and Treatment effective in older adults with cancer receiving chemotherapy?

This thesis examines a coordinated program called integrated oncogeriatric care for older people who are having chemotherapy. It identifies that seeing a specialist in medicine for older people may be of benefit to such patients by improving their quality of life and functioning, reducing unplanned hospital admissions and helping them to complete cancer treatment with less severe side effects. By gathering randomised evidence for the effectiveness of this model of care, this thesis provides compelling evidence to support the wide-scale implementation of an integrated oncogeriatric model of care to improve the health trajectories of older people with cancer.