Screening for Vulnerability in Older Cancer Patients: The ONCODAGE Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study

Soubeyran, Pierre; Bellera, Carine; Goyard, Jean; Heitz, Damien; Curé, Hervé; Rousselot, Hubert; Albrand, G.; Servent, V.; Saint Jean, O.; Van Praagh, Isabelle; Kurtz, Jean‐Emmanuel; Périn, Stéphane; Verhaeghe, Jean-Luc; Terret, C.; Desauw, Christophe; Girre, Véronique; Mertens, C.; Mathoulin‐Pélissier, Simone; Rainfray, M.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115060

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Screening for Vulnerability in Older Cancer Patients: The ONCODAGE Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study

Published in PLoS ONE • Dec 11, 2014

Authors:

Pierre Soubeyran

Carine Bellera

Jean Goyard

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Geriatric Assessment is an appropriate method for identifying older cancer patients at risk of life-threatening events during therapy. Yet, it is underused in practice, mainly because it is time- and resource-consuming. This study aims to identify the best screening tool to identify olde...

Subject

Medicine

Geriatric oncology

Prospective cohort study

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