chapter 1 The Burden of Cancer in the Elderly / chapter 2 Breast Cancer Screening / chapter 3 Prostatic Cancer Screening / chapter 4 Screening for Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly / chapter 5 Cancer Prevention in the Elderly / chapter 6 Molecular Biology and Biological Markers / chapter 7 Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer / chapter 8 Surgery in the Elderly Oncology Patient / chapter 9 Radiation Therapy and the Elderly / chapter 10 Chemotherapeutic Treatment Issues in the Elderly / chapter 11 Breast Cancer -- chapter 12 Gynecological Cancers / chapter 13 Genitourinary Cancer / chapter 14 Gastrointestinal Cancer / chapter 15 Lung Cancer / chapter 16 Leukemias, Lymphomas, and Myelomas / chapter 17 Treatment of Melanoma and Sarcoma / chapter 18 Oncology and Geriatrics: Overlapping but Not Congruent Spheres of Practice and Scientific Inquiry: Geriatric Oncology Defined as the Domain of Overlap / chapter 19 International Issues of Cancer / chapter 20 Comorbidities and Cancer / chapter 21 Health Service Issues and the Elderly Cancer Patient / chapter 22 Assessment of Health Status and Outcomes: Quality of Life and Geriatric Assessment / chapter 23 Management of the Terminally Ill Patient / chapter 24 Health Policy Issues and Cancer in the Elderly in the 21st Century