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Renzo Rozzini, MD; Marco Trabucchi, MD

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We read with interest the article by Raji et al¹ about the dementia effect on the survival of patients with cancer. The topic is of relevant interest because the prevalence of both dementia and cancer increases in old age and frequently occur in the same patients.^2-3

Adding to their results, we would like to report our data that were obtained in a population of 2843 older persons, consecutively discharged from a geriatric ward (Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy) during a 30-month period. Patients were divided into the following 4 groups: (1) patients without dementia and without cancer (n = 2138); (2) patients with cancer but without dementia (n = 234); (3) patients with dementia but without cancer (n = 416), and (4) patients with both cancer and dementia (n = 55).

The diagnosis of dementia was performed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) criteria; patients included were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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