Data from 25 EORTC trials, including 6024 patients were pooled for this analysis
Cancer patients have worse HRQOL compared to the general population, but the HRQOL domains that are impaired vary by age.
Cancer patients report better HRQOL with increasing age for social and role functioning and financial problems.
Cancer patients report worse HRQOL with increasing age for physical and cognitive functioning and constipation.
HRQOL burden changed with age for each cancer site, but the magnitude and size differed between cancer sites.