P39 | Oncohematological diseases in a Geriatric Medicine

Objectives: Aging is a determining factor in the development of cancer and indeed the incidence of tumors increases significantly with age, although with a different trend between the genders. The aim of our work was to evaluate the incidence of new diagnoses of oncohematological diseases in patients hospitalized in the Geriatric Medicine from September 2023 to January 15, 2024. Materials and Methods: In the indicated period we hospitalized 222 chronic pluripathological patients (98 males and 124 females) with a silent history of neoplastic diseases.Results: 65 of the 222 patients were diagnosed with a neoplastic disease for the first time. 31 females and 34 males had an average age of 79.2 and 77.01 respectively. The most frequent neoplasms found in female patients are breast (9/31), colorectal (6/31), stomach (4), lung (3), pancreatic (4), uterine (1) and hematological (4). The most frequent neoplasms in male patients are prostatic (8/34) and lung (8), followed by colorectal (6), bladder (4), pancreas (2) and hematological (6).Conclusions: Our case series has highlighted, in accordance with literature data, which are the most frequent neoplastic pathologies in the geriatric age and has allowed us to consider further. The new missed diagnoses of neoplasia are most likely linked to the Covid pandemic which has reduced if not completely abolished the execution of the most common medical tests useful for the prevention of neoplastic diseases as the majority of our patients have known and confirmed.