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Arti Hurria, M.D.

Director, Cancer and Aging Research Program at City of Hope

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Treatment and Research Directions for the Older Cancer Patient

22/02/2015 09:36pm | 7802 views

Older adults with cancer are an oft neglected group, especially when you consider that they represent the vast majority of cancer patients. Despite this fact, they are severely underrepresented in clinical research to date, which tends to study treatment options, effects and outcomes for younger populations of patients.

 

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Arti Hurria, M.D.

Director, Cancer and Aging Research Program at City of Hope

Dr. Arti Hurria is a hematologist in Duarte, California and is affiliated with City of Hope's Helford Clinical Research Hospital. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and has been in practice for 19 years. She is one of 21 doctors at City of Hope's Helford Clinical Research Hospital who specialize in Hematology.