Correlation of the Geriatric Assessment with Overall Survival in Older Patients with Cancer

DISCUSSION: The geriatric assessment is a powerful prognostic tool for survival among older Indian patients with cancer. The geriatric assessment is prognostic even in the cohort of patients thought to be the fittest, i.e. performance status 0 and 1. Our study re-emphasises the critical importance of the geriatric assessment in all older patients planned for cancer-directed therapy.PMID:37953073 | DOI:10.1016/j.clon.2023.11.003

Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - November 12, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: A R Rao V Noronha A Ramaswamy A Kumar A Pillai S Gattani A Sehgal S Kumar R Castelino R Dhekale J Krishnamurthy S Mahajan A Daptardar L Sonkusare J Deodhar N Ansari M Vagal P Mahajan S Timmanpyati M Nookala A Chitre A Kapoor V Gota S Banavali R A Badwe K Source Type: research