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An oncology program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital focuses on needs of older patients

Oncologist Ubaldo Martinez doesn’t have enough time to address all the special needs of the growing number of elderly cancer victims who seek his help, even though he spends 90 minutes with patients the first time and 30 during subsequent visits. It’s all he can do to explain their disease and its treatments to them, but so many other things can affect how they’ll do.

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