This study aimed to evaluate whether gait speed and grip strength predicted clinical
outcomes among older adults with blood cancers. We prospectively recruited 448 patients …

Background Age is a major risk factor for the acute and chronic complications of cancer
chemotherapy. The current approach to the prevention of these complications is reactive …

Purpose In older women, breast cancer and its treatment can have profound impact on their
physical, mental, and social health, especially in frail patients. This study evaluated the …

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

We examined the associations between frailty and inflammatory markers, in particular
neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), in elderly cancer patients. We conducted cross-sectional …

Background Frailty is present in≥ 50% of older adults receiving dialysis. Our objective was
to a develop an administrative data–based frailty index and assess the frailty index's …

Purpose Cancer survivors commonly report cognitive declines after cancer therapy. Due to
the complex etiology of cancer-related cognitive decline (CRCD), predicting who will be at …

Purpose Although anticholinergic burden has been known to be associated with adverse
outcomes in older adults, its clinical importance has been less studied in patients with …

Background This study aimed to investigate the effects of different frailty dimensions on
frailty prevalence in older Taiwanese cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, and to …

Cancer is predominantly a disease of aging, and older adults with cancer represent the
majority of cancer diagnoses and deaths in the United States. Despite dramatically …