Geriatric assessment predicts survival and toxicities in elderly myeloma patients: an International Myeloma Working Group report

Palumbo, Antonio; Bringhen, Sara; Mateos, María‐Victoria; Larocca, Alessandra; Façon, Thierry; Kumar, Shaji; Offidani, Massimo; L. McCarthy, Philip; Evangelista, Andrea; Lonial, Sagar; Zweegman, Sonja; Musto, Pellegrino; Terpos, Evangelos; Belch, Andrew; Hájek, Roman; Ludwig, Heinz; Keith Stewart, A.; Moreau, Philippe; C. Anderson, Kenneth; Einsele, Hermann; G.M. Durie, Brian; Α. Dimopoulos, Meletios; Landgren, Ola; F. San Miguel, Jesús; G. Richardson, Paul; Sonneveld, Pieter; Vincent Rajkumar, S.

doi:10.1182/blood-2014-12-615187

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Geriatric assessment predicts survival and toxicities in elderly myeloma patients: an International Myeloma Working Group report

Published in Blood • Jan 28, 2015

Authors:

Antonio Palumbo

Sara Bringhen

María‐Victoria Mateos

Abstract

We conducted a pooled analysis of 869 individual newly diagnosed elderly patient data from 3 prospective trials. At diagnosis, a geriatric assessment had been performed. An additive scoring system (range 0-5), based on age, comorbidities, and cognitive and physical conditions, was developed to ident...

Subject

Multiple myeloma

Medicine

Internal medicine

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