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Chad Han Highlights Analysis and Strategies to Integrate Geriatric Assessment in Oncology

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Aug 26, 2025, 07:04

Chad Han Highlights Analysis and Strategies to Integrate Geriatric Assessment in Oncology

Chad Han, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Flinders University, shared a post on LinkedIn about a paper published on Journal of Geriatric Oncology:

“Check out our new article, mapping the maze of Geriatric assessments in oncology! open access.

Geriatric assessment in older adults with cancer: A global scoping review of barriers and strategies to implementation

Integrating geriatric assessment (GA) into oncology care is more critical than ever. Our latest scoping review synthesises a decade of international evidence to identify 27 barriers and 17 strategies for implementing GA in older adults with cancer.

Key insights:

Barriers span five domains: service governance, workforce, professional dynamics, patient-related factors, and clinical utility.
Strategies include telemedicine, multidisciplinary collaboration, policy advocacy, and nurse-led models.

We also drafted a tool template to support tailored GA implementation across diverse settings. Please keep a look out for the invite to our DELPHI study to develop this tool!

Credits and grateful to mentors and fellow authors.”

Raymond Chan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at Flinders University, shared Chad Han’s post, adding:

“Great work by Dr Chad Han and our international team! Check our the fishbone analysis and the implementation tool developed by the team!”

Title: Geriatric assessment in older adults with cancer: A global scoping review of barriers and strategies to implementation

Authors: Chad Yixian Han, Oluwaseyifunmi Andi Agbejule, Lawrence Kasherman, Catherine Paterson, Anna Rachelle Austria Mislang, Martine Puts, Kristen R. Haase, Jolyn Johal, William Dale, Raymond Javan Chan

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