Frailty represents a state of vulnerability that increases the risk of adverse health outcomes.
In the last years, frailty has emerged as a good indicator of patient's functional reserve and it …

Objectives Routinely used performance status scales, assessing patients' suitability for
cancer treatment, have limited ability to account for multimorbidity, frailty and cognition. The …

Importance Understanding changes in frailty in relation to cancer diagnosis can inform
optimal selection of cancer treatments and survivorship care. Objective To investigate …

Background Young adult cancer survivors experience frailty and decreased muscle mass at
rates equivalent to much older noncancer populations, which indicate accelerated aging …

Introduction To understand the effects of frailty on hospital outcomes such as in-hospital
mortality, length of stay, and healthcare cost among patients with cancer using a nationally …

Background Frailty is common in patients with cancer, and can predict outcomes and
responses to treatment. Both cancer related symptoms and the impact of treatment can lead …

Simple Summary Over 60% of cancer diagnoses in the United Kingdom (UK) are in patients
aged 65 and over. It can be more complicated to identify and diagnose cancer in older …

While chronological age is the single biggest risk factor for cancer, it is less clear whether
frailty, an age-related state of physiological decline, may also predict cancer incidence. We …

Background: Maintaining quality of life including physical functioning is highly prioritized
among older cancer patients. Geriatric assessment is a recommended approach to identify …

Abstract Purposeof Review This review examines the challenges of treating gastrointestinal
cancer in the aging population, focusing on the importance of frailty assessment …