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EDITORIAL article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Surgical Oncology
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1544123
This article is part of the Research Topic Surgical Oncology in the Elderly: The State of the Art and Future Challenges - Vol. II View all 5 articles

Editorial: Surgical Oncology in the Elderly: The State of the Art and Future Challenges -Vol. II

Provisionally accepted
Lucia Moletta Lucia Moletta 1*Felix Berlth Felix Berlth 2Evangelos Tagkalos Evangelos Tagkalos 3Cosimo Sperti Cosimo Sperti 4Giovanni Capovilla Giovanni Capovilla 1
  • 1 1st Surgical Clinic, Department of surgical, oncological and gastroenterological Sciences (DISCOG), University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Padova, Italy
  • 2 University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • 3 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • 4 Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Veneto, Italy

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    This is a provisional file, not final typeset article stays, and higher mortality rates (6)(7). Frailty assessment can guide decision-making in terms of 40 treatment strategies, offering a more personalized approach to care in elderly cancer patients. 41Similarly, analysis of quality-of-life (QoL) metrics and functional outcomes in elderly patients 42 undergoing major surgery is crucial for the broader implications of surgical 43 interventions, particularly in oncological settings. Elderly patients may face a range of challenges 44 beyond survival, such as maintaining independence, coping with physical and cognitive changes, and 45 managing comorbidities. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial 120 relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. 121

    Keywords: surgical oncology, Elderly, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, colorectal cancer

    Received: 12 Dec 2024; Accepted: 10 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Moletta, Berlth, Tagkalos, Sperti and Capovilla. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lucia Moletta, 1st Surgical Clinic, Department of surgical, oncological and gastroenterological Sciences (DISCOG), University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Padova, Italy

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