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Cancer management is changing rapidly. Changes in practices are not all transferable to the elderly population, which is heterogeneous. The description of the intrinsic toxicity of anti-cancer treatments is insufficient in the elderly. Recent studies dedicated to the elderly incorporate composite evaluation criteria combining efficacy and toxicity with a broad definition including, among other things, loss of functional autonomy. These new data acquired, as well as new organisations integrating the new profession of advanced practice nurse in oncogeriatrics will enable us to better respond to the challenge of caring for elderly patients in the future., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)