TY - JOUR T1 - Yonder: Oncogeriatrics, binge eating in black women, dissection, and podcasts JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 246 LP - 246 DO - 10.3399/bjgp20X709697 VL - 70 IS - 694 AU - Ahmed Rashid Y1 - 2020/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/70/694/246.abstract N2 - Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literatureAs new therapeutic possibilities for treating patients with cancer more safely and for longer have developed, a new subfield of oncology has emerged in the last 20 years focused on the treatment of older patients with cancer, a population that was long neglected. A recent Swiss study sought to understand the moral and social implications of considering older patients with cancer as ‘treatable’.1 They found that older cancer patients consider themselves to be survivors and fighters. Their long trajectory is a result of their successful struggle and tolerance of the treatments allowing them to carry on. The authors note that doctors tends to ‘place’ patients according to … ER -