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Their care represents a challenge, because NHs are not usually considered a setting focused on oncologic management and care. The aim of this paper is to describe socio-demographic and clinical features of patients with cancer residing in European NHs.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Cross-sectional study based on data from the Services and Health for Elderly in Long TERm care (SHELTER) study. Participants were assessed through the interRAI-LTCF, which includes cancer assessment.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Among 4140 participants (mean age 83.4 years; female 73%), 442 (10.7%) had cancer. Patients with cancer had a higher prevalence of do-not-resuscitate directives compared to those without cancer (21.1% vs 16.5%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.019). Variables directly associated with cancer were male sex (adj OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.36\u20132.05), pain (adj OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.16\u20131.77), fatigue (adj OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.01\u20131.55), polypharmacy (adj OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.21\u20132.08) and falls (adj OR. 1.30, 95% CI 1.01\u20131.67). Dementia was inversely associated with cancer (adj OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.58\u20130.94). Symptomatic drugs such as opioids (23.5% vs 12.2, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001), NSAIDS (7.2% vs 3.9%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001), antidepressants (39.1% vs 33.8%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.026) and benzodiazepines (40.3% vs 34.3, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012) were all prescribed more in participants with cancer compared to those without cancer.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Cancer patients are prevalent in European NHs and they show peculiar characteristics. Studies are needed to evaluate the impact of a supportive care approach on the management of NHs residents with cancer throughout all its phases, until the end-of-life care<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s40520-021-01972-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,29]],"date-time":"2021-09-29T18:11:24Z","timestamp":1632939084000},"page":"671-678","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Characteristics of patients with cancer in European long-term care facilities"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"34","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8813-2419","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emanuele Rocco","family":"Villani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Domenico","family":"Fusco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Franza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Graziano","family":"Onder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roberto","family":"Bernabei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giuseppe Ferdinando","family":"Colloca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"1972_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jgo.2019.03.005","author":"H Wildiers","year":"2019","unstructured":"Wildiers H, Mauer M, Elseviers M et al (2019) Cancer events in Belgian nursing home residents: an EORTC prospective cohort study. 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