Introduction Frailty is a key condition to be screened among elderly oncological patients.
Aim of our work is to measure the functional and prognostic value for 1-year mortality of the …

19673 Background: In order to properly support clinical decisions, geriatric assessment (GA)
is recommended for older cancer patients. However, the best form of GA remained unknown …

Purpose Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) negatively affects the lives of childhood, adolescent,
and young adult (CAYA) cancer survivors. We aimed to provide an evidence-based clinical …

Background Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is the gold standard to help
oncologists select the best cancer treatment for their older patients. Some authors have …

Objective The G8 is a screening test to identify frail elderly patients with cancer. Objectives
were to design and evaluate the performance of alternative tests taking into account other …

Background Aging-related deficits that eventually manifest as frailty may be associated with
poor emotional health in older patients with advanced cancer. This study aimed to examine …

BACKGROUND Frailty has been suggested as a construct for oncologists to consider in
treating older cancer patients. Therefore, the authors assessed the potential of creating a …

Cancer survivors are vulnerable to frailty. While few studies have focused on the association
of frailty with mortality risk among cancer survivors, the current study aimed to reveal this …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The concept of frailty has become increasingly
recognized as one of the most important issues in health care and health outcomes and is of …

The improvement in survival of childhood cancer observed across the past 50 years has
resulted in a growing acknowledgment that simply extending the lifespan of survivors is not …