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the Effectiveness of Geriatric-Specific Cancer Rehabilitation Programs on Patient Health Outcomes  \nSayed Ibrahim Ali 1 *, Khaled Elballah2, Nurjahan Begum3, Abdul Wahab Pathath3, Alaa Sayed4, Huda Hamdy Mohammed5, Mostafa Shaban6  \nAbstract  \nObjective: This study evaluated a specialized rehabilitation program’s impact on senior cancer patients’ quality of life. Methods: one hundred and thirty patients aged ≥65 years with various cancer types undergoing/recovering from treatment were enrolled in oncology clinics in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. The intervention arm (n=65) participated in a tailored geriatric cancer rehabilitation program. The control group (n=65) received standard oncology care. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) tool assessed the quality of life across physical, social, emotional, and functional domains. T-tests and multivariate regression analyses compared outcomes. Result: Total FACT-G scores showed a significantly higher quality of life for the geriatric cancer rehabilitation group versus standard care. Rehabilitation patients also demonstrated meaningful improvements across physical, social, and functional subscales. Rehabilitation involvement was the most predictive factor for optimized outcomes. Conclusion: Specialized geriatric cancer rehabilitation meaningfully improved several quality of life domains in older patients over standard care. Despite persistent barriers, rehabilitation programming optimized older cancer patients’physical and psychosocial health. Oncology and geriatrics must collaborate to ensure evidence-based rehabilitation access meets older cohorts’unique needs.  \nKeywords: Geriatric Oncology-Cancer Rehabilitation-Quality of Life-Senior Health-Function  \nAsian Pac J Cancer Prev, 25 (6), 2033-2042  \nIntroduction  \nAs the population continues to age, the number of older adults diagnosed with cancer is expected to rise substantially. By 2040, over 70% of all cancers will occur in patients aged 65 years and older [1] . Older cancer patients often present with complex health needs due to comorbidity chronic conditions, functional impairments, malnutrition, cognitive decline, and geriatric syndromes that negatively impact their ability to tolerate and recover from cancer treatment [2] . Compared to their younger counterparts, older cancer patients experience higher rates of toxicity during systemic therapy, longer hospital stays after surgery, delays in adjuvant therapy, incomplete treatment regimens, accelerated functional decline, higher risk of physical deconditioning, increased healthcare utilization, and overall poorer quality of life [3, 4]. Up to half of older cancer survivors report persistent physical disability and one-third rate their health as fair or poor up to a decade after initial diagnosis [5] .  \nThe poor health outcomes observed in many older  \ncancer patients may be partly attributable to the historical lack of evidence-based standards for managing this complex patient population [6] . Geriatric oncology principles have not been well integrated into cancer care delivery models, education curriculums, research priorities, or reimbursement schemes. As a result, rigid chronological age cutoffs remain the basis formost cancer treatment decisions over comprehensive appraisal of physiological reserve [7]. However, physiological fitness as determined by life expectancy, comorbidities, genetics, and functional status-not chronological age alone-should guide appropriate treatment plans that balance efficacy and toxicity [8, 9] .  \nComprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) facilitates this more patient-centered, function-focused care approach by providing detailed information about an older cancer patient’s medical, psychosocial, and functional capacity [10] . In turn, CGA facilitates personalized care plans that optimize cancer outcomes while meeting each patient’s uni","cbCairKDjHUZYpxz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairKDjHUZYpxz","pdf",449024,"English","# Introduction\n## Rationale for geriatric-focused cancer care\n# Methods\n## Participants and study design\n## Intervention and control conditions\n## Outcome measures and analysis\n# Results\n## Quality of life outcomes and subscales\n## Predictors of optimized outcomes\n# Conclusion\n## Clinical implications for oncology and geriatrics","[{\"question\":\"What was the main objective of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To evaluate how a specialized geriatric-specific cancer rehabilitation program affects senior cancer patients’ quality of life outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"How were participants assigned to study groups?\",\"answer\":\"One hundred and thirty patients aged 65+ were enrolled and allocated to an intervention group (n=65) receiving tailored rehabilitation or a control group (n=65) receiving standard oncology care.\"},{\"question\":\"Which tool measured patients’ quality of life and what domains did it cover?\",\"answer\":\"The FACT-G tool measured quality of life across physical, social, emotional, and functional domains.\"}]","Evaluating the Effectiveness of Geriatric-Specific Cancer Rehabilitation Programs on Patient Health Outcomes | PDF",1789992461,25]