Targeted agents in older patients with gastrointestinal cancers - An overview.

Targeted agents have been increasingly used in different malignancies and are associated with improved survival outcomes, including gastrointestinal cancers. Their use in the treatment of older patients is appealing given their favorable toxicity profile. In the last years, this subgroup of patients has been attracting increased interest given their representativeness and specific clinical needs.

Virtual Reality-Based Cognitive Stimulation on People with Mild to Moderate Dementia due to Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

The use of ecologically oriented approaches with virtual reality (VR) depicting instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) is a promising approach for interventions on acquired brain injuries. However, the results of such an approach on dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease (AD) are still lacking. This research reports on a pilot randomized controlled trial that aimed to explore the effect of a cognitive stimulation reproducing several IADL in VR on people with mild-to-moderate dementia caused by AD.

Cynotherapy in Cancer Pain Management: A Pilot Study.

Objectives: This was a pilot study to evaluate the feasibility and impact of a single dog-assisted therapy (cynotherapy) session in reducing pain and emotional distress in oncological outpatients compared with typical waiting room experience (control).

Design: This was a quasi-experimental before-after controlled study that took place at a chronic pain outpatient clinic of a tertiary cancer center, whose participants were adult oncological patients, able to consent and without medical contraindication.

Setting: Chronic pain outpatient clinic of a tertiary cancer center.