Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) can categorize elderly glioblastoma (GBM) patients into three groups predicting survival: A monoinstitutional study
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Screening elderly cancer patients for disabilities: evaluation of study of osteoporotic fractures (SOF) index and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA).
BACKGROUND Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional tool aimed at detecting multiple age-related problems; the study of osteoporotic fractures (SOF) index is a 3-item instrument designed to measure frailty and pre-frailty status. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the accuracy of the SOF index and CGA in predicting the disability status in elderly can...
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OBJECTIVE To review the concept, components, and characteristics of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment technique. DATA SOURCES Medline and non-Medline literature search. STUDY SELECTION The following key words were used: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment; all available years of study were reviewed. DATA EXTRACTION Studies that assessed the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment technique...
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BACKGROUND Data from prospective clinical trials are needed to better define standards of care in elderly patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma and to demonstrate the interest of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in this fragile and heterogeneous population. PATIENTS AND METHODS From July 1998 to October 2000, 83 advanced ovarian carcinoma patients >70 years old received carboplatin...
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BACKGROUND Most older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCF) are frail and have complex care needs. Holistic understanding of residents' health status is key to providing good care. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a valid assessment method which aims to embrace complexity. Here we aimed to study a CGA that has been modified for use in long-term care (the LTC-CGA) and to i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz243.030