Whilst many cancer clinicians care for older adults on a daily basis, there are many opportunities for us all to improve if we remember that adequate assessment yields appropriate care.

Strong evidence shows that geriatric assessment improves the care of older adults with cancer so now the oncology community must now adapt to translate this evidence into practice. The development of age-friendly health systems centred around 'What Matters Most' to the patient will enable clinicians to provide individualised, patient-centred care. The tools to deliver this care already exist. 

Associate Professor Christopher Steer
Border Medical Oncology, Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre and UNSW, Rural Clinical Campus, Albury.

Christopher is a medical oncologist at Border Medical Oncology at the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre. He is an Associate Professor at the UNSW School of Clinical Medicine, Rural Clinical Campus, Albury and an Adjunct Professor at Latrobe University, Wodonga campus. Christopher continues advocacy and clinical research aiming to improve the care of older adults with cancer and is the co-chair of the RTN-VIC ReVITALISE geriatric oncology initiative and of the VCCC Alliance / MPCCC research advisory committee for Older Adults with Cancer.