Predicting the risk of chemotherapy toxicity in older patients: The Chemotherapy Risk Assessment Scale for High‐Age Patients (CRASH) score

Extermann, Martine; Boler, I.; R. Reich, Richard; H. Lyman, Gary; H. Brown, R.; DeFelice, Joseph; M. Levine, Richard; T. Lubiner, Eric; Reyes, Pablo; J. Schreiber, Frederic; Balducci, Lodovico

doi:10.1002/cncr.26646

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Predicting the risk of chemotherapy toxicity in older patients: The Chemotherapy Risk Assessment Scale for High‐Age Patients (CRASH) score

Published in Cancer • Nov 9, 2011

Authors:

Martine Extermann

I. Boler

Richard R. Reich

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Tools are lacking to assess the individual risk of severe toxicity from chemotherapy. Such tools would be especially useful for older patients, who vary considerably in terms of health status and functional reserve. METHODS: The authors conducted a prospective, multicentric study of pati...

Subject

Medicine

Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events

Toxicity

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