🔎 New in #JGO

Cognitive decline in older cancer survivors often overlaps with age-related impairment. A letter tests the feasibility of adapting Memory and Attention Adaptation Training for this group.

📖 https://loom.ly/BFba7xE

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We are live today at 17:00 CEST.
Immunotherapy and targeted therapies in older adults: What the evidence tells us.
Featuring Prof. Marcus Vetter, moderated by Dr Alicia Castelo Loureiro. Open discussion and Q&A to follow.
Still time to register: https://loom.ly/z6nB4AM
#GeriatricOncology #GeriOnc

The Upper GI MDT at SIOG 2026 follows one complex older patient through neoadjuvant therapy, surgery with frailty and sarcopenia, nutrition, and functional recovery. Friday 6 November. https://loom.ly/ITKRCJQ #SIOG2026 #GeriOnc

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Is picking up geriatric oncology on the job enough to prepare trainees? A Canadian study found most teaching is opportunistic and informal, not built into formal curricula.

📖 https://loom.ly/YZW8_9Q

#GeriOnc

If attending SIOG 2026 depends on sign-off from your department, the full programme is online to help you make the case. Valencia, 5 to 7 November. Joining SIOG before you register brings your fee down. https://loom.ly/ITKRCJQ #SIOG2026 #GeriOnc

Immunotherapy has changed cancer treatment. How much of that change applies to older adults is still an open question. SIOG Webinar, 8 October at 17:00 CEST.
Register: https://loom.ly/Cq_unEI
#GeriatricOncology #GeriOnc #ClinicalTrials

A SIOG 2026 session on 7 November puts digital tools to the test: machine learning against the CARG tool for toxicity prediction, NLP on geriatric assessment records, and symptom monitoring for older adults starting chemotherapy. https://loom.ly/ITKRCJQ #SIOG2026 #GeriOnc

🔎 New in #JGO

Can palliative care social workers support older cancer patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities? A pilot RCT protocol tests the ALIGN intervention at this high-risk care transition.

📖 https://loom.ly/Jl-HduE

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📌 Last day. Applications and nominations for JGO Editor-in-Chief close today.
https://loom.ly/kU-X3iM
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We are live today at 16:00 CEST. Including older adults in cancer research. Free to join.
Register: https://loom.ly/Cq_unEI
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SIOG 2026 brings speakers from 20+ countries to Valencia, 5–7 Nov, covering everything from LMIC care pathways to implementation science to frailty assessment.
https://loom.ly/ITKRCJQ
#SIOG2026 #GeriatricOncology #GeriOnc #CancerCare

Two weeks until the SIOG Webinar on including older adults in cancer research. 24 September at 16:00 CEST. Free, open to all.
Register: https://loom.ly/Cq_unEI
#GeriatricOncology #GeriOnc #ClinicalTrials

Sarcopenia and frailty aren't the same thing, though they're often treated that way. This SIOG 2026 session (7 Nov) unpacks the difference, the misclassification risks, and what interventions are actually feasible in practice.
https://loom.ly/ITKRCJQ
#SIOG2026 #GeriOnc #CancerCare

🔎 New in #JGO

Does every older colorectal cancer patient need formal geriatric assessment? A cohort of 170 found outcomes were similar with selective referral, when an onco-geriatrician sits on the tumour board.

📖 https://loom.ly/Q1ipw7s

#GeriOnc

One week left. Editing JGO needs institutional backing as well as a CV: the editorial office sits at the Editor's own institution, roughly 10-16 hours of staff time weekly.
Worth a conversation with your department today.
https://loom.ly/kU-X3iM
#GeriOnc #GeriatricOncology

We are live today at 16:00 CEST. GERONTE project: Co-design and implementation methods. Free to join. Register: https://loom.ly/8o4EaRY
#GeriatricOncology #GeriOnc

Still deciding on SIOG 2026? SIOG members pay a lower registration rate. Joining before you register can bring the cost down and gives you access to the community year-round.
5–7 Nov, Valencia.
https://loom.ly/ITKRCJQ
#SIOG2026 #GeriOnc #CancerCare

Tomorrow at 16:00 CEST. SIOG Methods WG webinar on GERONTE, our EU-funded project improving care for older adults with cancer and multimorbidity. Free, open to all. Register: https://loom.ly/8o4EaRY
#GeriatricOncology #GeriOnc

A 78-year-old woman with advanced cervical cancer and major social vulnerability. This SIOG 2026 session (7 Nov) builds a full MDT case around her, with speakers from Zambia, India, Tunisia, Ghana, and Hong Kong on care in low-resource settings.
https://loom.ly/ITKRCJQ
#SIOG2026 #GeriOnc #CancerCare

SIOG is a partner in the EU-funded GERONTE project. This Wednesday at 16:00 CEST, hear how it is being co-designed and implemented. Free, open to all. Register: https://loom.ly/8o4EaRY
#GeriatricOncology #GeriOnc