Practical assessment and management of vulnerabilities in older patients receiving chemotherapy: ASCO guideline for geriatric oncology

SG Mohile, W Dale, MR Somerfield… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To provide guidance regarding the practical assessment and management of
vulnerabilities in older patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methods An Expert Panel was …

What every oncologist should know about geriatric assessment for older patients with cancer: young international society of geriatric oncology position paper

KP Loh, E Soto-Perez-de-Celis, T Hsu… - Journal of oncology …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Aging is a heterogeneous process. Most newly diagnosed cancers occur in older adults, and
it is important to understand a patient's underlying health status when making treatment …

Optimal management of elderly cancer patients: usefulness of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

P Caillet, M Laurent, S Bastuji-Garin… - … interventions in aging, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Cancer is common in older patients, who raise specific treatment challenges
due to aging-related, organ-specific physiologic changes and the presence in most cases of …

Functional and cognitive impairment, frailty, and adverse health outcomes in older patients reaching ESRD—a systematic review

MH Kallenberg, HA Kleinveld, FW Dekker… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Results Of 7451 identified citations, we included 30 articles that reported on 35 associations.
Mean age was> 60 years old in 73% of the studies, and geriatric conditions were highly …

Defensive responses to stressful life events associated with cancer diagnosis

M Miniati, M Miccoli, R Ciacchini, G Orrù… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - arpi.unipi.it
Objectives: Stressful life events (SLEs) are common in patients who developed both physical
and psychological syndromes. Research shown the role of psychological defense …

Predictive value of each geriatric assessment domain for older patients with cancer: a systematic review

CP Bruijnen, DG van Harten-Krouwel… - Journal of geriatric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background A geriatric assessment (GA) is increasingly used to help guide treatment
decisions in older patients with cancer. However, there is no consensus regarding which …

Delivering tailored surgery to older cancer patients: Preoperative geriatric assessment domains and screening tools–A systematic review of systematic reviews

MG Huisman, M Kok, GH De Bock… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The onco-geriatric population is increasing and thus more and more elderly will require
surgery; an important treatment modality for many cancer types. This population's …

Predictors of mortality in patients with advanced cancer—a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Owusuaa, SA Dijkland, D Nieboer, A van der Heide… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This systematic review and meta-analysis describes the predictors of
mortality in patients with advanced cancer. The results indicate that disease stage, lung …

Using the Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) to improve cost-effectiveness of interventions in multimorbid frail older persons: results and final recommendations …

AJ Cruz-Jentoft, J Daragjati, L Fratiglioni… - Aging Clinical and …, 2020 - Springer
MPI_AGE is a European Union co-funded research project aimed to use the
Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI), a validated Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment …

The evolution of geriatric oncology and geriatric assessment over the past decade

D Outlaw, M Abdallah, LA Gil-Jr, S Giri, T Hsu… - Seminars in radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is predominantly a disease of aging, and older adults represent the majority of
cancer diagnoses and deaths. Older adults with cancer differ significantly from younger …