Older Adults With Cancer: As the U.S. Population Ages, Oncology Nurses Rise to Meet the Pending Wave of New Patients

By 2030, for the first time in U.S. history, adults aged 65 and older will outnumber children younger than age 18. The Baby Boomer generation—born between the years 1946 and 1964—currently accounts for more than 76 million Americans, all of whom will be older than 65 in the next decade.