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Background

Patients older than 80 years with cancer are more likely to be late-diagnosed, and less likely to receive optimal cancer treatment, compared to younger geriatric patients. Understanding the factors that influence these patient's outcomes is essential to guide their management and proper choice of assistance.

Methods

A retrospective cohort of patients with solid tumors older than 80 years admitted to a tertiary, publicly-funded, cancer center in Brazil, from February 1st to December 31st, 2021. COVID-19 diagnoses were excluded. We collected data on staging, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities, ECOG-PS, symptoms, admission diagnoses, and in-hospital mortality. The age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index [CCI] was further calculated. We investigated the association between collected variables of interest and in-hospital mortality with uni and multivariable logistic regression models.

Results

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