Gironés i Sarrió, ReginaVisa Turmo, LauraPi-Figueras Valls, MaríaSpanish Working Group on Geriatric Oncology of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM)2018-10-252018-10-252018Gironés R, Morilla I, Guillen-Ponce C, Torregrosa MD, Paredero I, Bustamante E. et al. Geriatric oncology in Spain: survey results and analysis of the current situation. Clin Transl Oncol. 2018 Aug;20(8):1087-1092. DOI: 10.1007/s12094-017-1813-01699-048Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/35654INTRODUCTION: Geriatric oncology (GO) is a discipline that focuses on the management of elderly patients with cancer. The Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) created a Working group dedicated to geriatric oncology in February 2016. OBJECTIVES: The main goal of this study was to describe the current situation in Spain regarding the management of elderly cancer patients through an online survey of medical oncologists. METHODS: A descriptive survey was sent to several hospitals by means of the SEOM website. A personal e-mail was also sent to SEOM members. RESULTS: Between March 2016 and April 2017, 154 answers were collected. Only 74 centers (48%) had a geriatrics department and a mere 21 (14%) medical oncology departments had a person dedicated to GO. The vast majority (n = 135; 88%) had the perception that the number of elderly patients with cancer seen in clinical practice had increased. Eighteen (12%) oncologists had specific protocols and geriatric scales were used at 55 (31%) centers. Almost all (92%) claimed to apply special management practices using specific tools. There was agreement that GO afforded certain potential advantages. Finally, 99% of the oncologists surveyed believed it and that training in GO had to be improved. CONCLUSIONS: From the nationwide survey promoted by the Spanish Geriatric Oncology Working Group on behalf of SEOM, we conclude that there is currently no defined care structure for elderly cancer patients. There is an increasing perception of the need for training in GO. This survey reflects a reality in which specific needs are perceived.application/pdfengCopyright © The Author(s) 2017. Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.Persones grans -- MalaltiesCàncerGeriatriainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12094-017-1813-0Geriatric oncologySpanish surveySpanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM)Spanish Working Group in Geriatric Oncologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess