Abstract: With the development of the aging population, the concept of elderly co-morbidity management has been widely used. Based on the basic concept of co-morbidity management, the authors discussed how to apply the concept into the development and teaching practice of geriatric oncology. It is important to improve the teachers'understanding of the concept of geriatric co-morbidity management. In order to lay the foundation for better solving the elderly cancer specialty diseases, diversified teaching methods and educational technologies should be adopted to cultivate students'thinking of co-morbidity management; the continuing education of co-morbidity management should be actively carried out for young doctors.

Key words: Elderly patient, Co-morbidity management, Oncology, Training of doctors