The American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification program significantly decreases hospital stays among older cancer patients, according to researchers who implemented the program at ...

A national pilot program designed to improve outcomes for elderly surgical patients is scalable and can be implemented in a wide range of hospital types - from community hospitals to urban academic ...

Immediate surgery significantly reduces local recurrence in elderly breast cancer patients compared to delayed surgery, especially in node-positive cases. Long-term follow-up reveals that immediate ...

As the U.S. population ages, surgical programs must evolve to meet the complex needs of older adults. During a featured session at Becker’s Hospital Review 15th Annual Meeting, leaders from Oakland, ...

Implementing the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) program can reduce rates of death after surgery and increase the percentage of patients with documentation ...

Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds much-needed light on the risks seniors face when having invasive procedures.

A study in the Archives of Surgery found that morbidity and mortality were elevated among elderly patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, emphasizing the need for quality improvement initiatives ...

"Hepatectomy, including minor and major hepatectomy, may be safe and oncologically feasible in older patients with HCC who have few comorbidities, good liver function reserve, and good performance ...

"Physicians are often accused of providing too much care to elderly patients at the end of life, but there's evidence that these patients also get far too little care before reaching that point," a ...