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Relevance of a systematic geriatric screening and assessment in older patients with cancer: results of a prospective multicentric study

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Geriatric screening and assessment in older patients with cancer is feasible at large scale and has a significant impact on the detection of unknown geriatric problems, leading to geriatric interventions and adapted treatment.
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This article is published in Annals of Oncology.The article was published on 2013-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 301 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mass screening.

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The effect of a geriatric evaluation on treatment decisions and outcome for older cancer patients - A systematic review.

TL;DR: A geriatric evaluation affects oncologic and non-oncologic treatment and appears to improve treatment tolerance and completion for older cancer patients.
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The relevance of a geriatric assessment for elderly patients with a haematological malignancy – A systematic review

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a geriatric assessment can detect multiple health issues, even in patients with good performance status, and should thus be integrated in individualised treatment algorithms.
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The impact of frailty on postoperative outcomes in individuals aged 65 and over undergoing elective surgery for colorectal cancer: A systematic review

TL;DR: Assessment of frailty in colorectal oncology seems important to determine operative risks and benefits and to guide perioperative management because frailty is associated with a greater risk of postoperative adverse outcomes.
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The effect of a geriatric evaluation on treatment decisions for older cancer patients--a systematic review

TL;DR: A geriatric evaluation has significant impact on oncologic and non-oncologic treatment decisions in older cancer patients and deserves consideration in the oncological work-up for these patients.
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Management of elderly patients with NSCLC; updated expert's opinion paper: EORTC Elderly Task Force, Lung Cancer Group and International Society for Geriatric Oncology

TL;DR: In 2010, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) took an initiative in collaboration with International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) and created an experts panel that provided an experts' opinion consensus paper for the management of elderly NSCLC patients.
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Screening older cancer patients: first evaluation of the G-8 geriatric screening tool

TL;DR: The G-8 shows good screening properties for identifying elderly cancer patients who could benefit from comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and has a cut-off value of 14 for the primary reference test, without deteriorating the specificity excessively.
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Developing a Cancer-Specific Geriatric Assessment: A Feasibility Study

TL;DR: A brief, but comprehensive, primarily self‐administered cancer‐specific geriatric assessment measure is developed and its feasibility is determined as measured by the percentage of patients able to complete the measure on their own, the length of time to complete, and patient satisfaction with the measure.
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Undertreatment Strongly Decreases Prognosis of Breast Cancer in Elderly Women

TL;DR: Half of elderly patients with breast cancer are undertreated, with strongly decreased specific survival as a consequence, and treatments need to be adapted to the patient's health status, but also should offer the best chance of cure.
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