Cognition and emotional well-being, such as anxiety and depression, are important
metrics for older adults that inform cancer management and have implications for treatment
tolerance, disease-related outcomes, and survival [
[1]
]. Comprehensive geriatric assessment is a helpful evaluation to identify age-related
needs and improve cancer care for aging adults [
[2]
]. It is equally important to identify factors within a person's social, cultural,
or ethnic background that promote and preserve healthy aging. Religiosity is a practice
that has received increased interest to better understand its impact on aging as well
as cancer outcomes. Religiosity is multifaceted and is defined as a religious commitment
that involves religion activities, intrinsic faith, beliefs, religious attitudes and
practices, and identification and affiliation [
[3]
].To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: February 14, 2023
Accepted:
February 2,
2023
Received in revised form:
December 20,
2022
Received:
September 6,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Corrected ProofIdentification
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