Wound healing in older oncologic patients

The wound itself, along with lymphatic oedema, nausea and vomiting, fatigue psychological stress, is listed as one of the five factors most negatively influencing cancer patients. Current oncologic treatment strategies are based on multimo­dal protocols including surgery, radiation chemotherapeutic regimens. Thus, in oncology we can have a patient surgical wound, that complication from radio- or chemotherapy, due to progression. With increasing age, skin functions deteriorate quantitative qualitative changes cells. Despite this, it seems healing healthy older patients only delayed, but not completely defective. This effect clinically apparent by age 60 becomes significant at 70. In turn, scar maturation improves comparison young individuals. However, alone more susceptible injury As qualified for complex often, has become matter critical importance.