Frailty and diabetes status in older patients with cancer: impact on mortality in the ANCRAGE cohort.

CONCLUSION: In older cancer patients from the prospective ANCRAGE cohort, all-cause mortality was significantly higher in frail patients and those with complicated T2D, a finding questioning the quality of care management in such vulnerable patients, and stimulating further research in this multidisciplinary field.
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Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - January 1, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Liuu E, Saulnier PJ, Gand E, Ragot S, Valero S, Jamet A, Hadjadj S, Paccalin M Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research