{"id":617525,"date":"2026-09-07T20:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617525\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T20:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:32:13","slug":"petros-grivas-practical-insights-in-geriatric-gu-oncology-at-iucs26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617525\/","title":{"rendered":"Petros Grivas: Practical Insights in Geriatric GU Oncology at IUCS26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Petros Grivas, Professor at University of Washington and Fred Hutch, shared International Urology Cancer Summit\u2019s post on X, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PGrivasMDPhD\/status\/2096375206789161388?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">adding<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFantastic talk by Vanita Noronha on geriatric GU oncology!<\/p>\n<p>Excellent insights, practical tips and patient-centered approach!\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-582269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-35.webp\" alt=\"Petros Grivas: Practical Insights in Geriatric GU Oncology at IUCS26\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" title=\"Petros Grivas: Practical Insights in Geriatric GU Oncology at IUCS26 2\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Quoting International Urology Cancer Summit\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/urologysummit\/status\/2095865142760149401?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOLD \u2260 FRAIL. SCREEN \u2260 ASSESS.<\/p>\n<p>Excellent and highly practical talk by Vanita Noronha at IUCS26 on how to move from chronological age to physiological reserve and deliver truly right-sized treatment in GU oncology.<\/p>\n<p>G8\/Mini-Cog can identify who needs deeper assessment<br \/>\nFrailty, function, cognition, comorbidities, nutrition and polypharmacy matter<br \/>\nGeriatric assessment can meaningfully change treatment decisions \u2013 including both escalation and de-intensification<br \/>\nGA-driven interventions can reduce severe treatment toxicity<br \/>\nEven highly effective regimens such as EV+pembro require careful assessment of vulnerability and tolerability<br \/>\nPatient goals matter: cure, QoL, symptom control and survival may carry very different priorities<br \/>\nThe goal is neither over-treatment nor under-treatment<\/p>\n<p> Assess \u2192 Optimise \u2192 Personalise.<\/p>\n<p>Treat the patient, not the birth certificate. Outstanding discussion on bringing geriatric assessment into routine GU cancer care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other articles about <a href=\"https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/tag\/iucs26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IUCS26<\/a> on OncoDaily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Petros Grivas, Professor at University of Washington and Fred Hutch, shared International Urology Cancer Summit\u2019s post on X,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60],"class_list":["post-617525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}