Comprehensive geriatric assessment adds information to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status in elderly cancer patients: an Italian Group for Geriatric Oncology Study.
By L. Repetto, L. Fratino, R. Audisio, A. Venturino, W. Gianni, M. Vercelli, S. Parodi, Denise Dal Lago, F. Gioia, S. Monfardini and 3 more. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2002
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Subfields: Geriatrics and Gerontology, Oncology, Physiology
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- Screening tools for multidimensional health problems warranting a geriatric assessment in older cancer patients: an update on SIOG recommendations†. (2015, background): “The correlation between ECOG-PS and functional scales such as ADL and IADL was moderate [39, 40].”
- International Society of Geriatric Oncology consensus on geriatric assessment in older patients with cancer. (2014, positive): “Classical oncology tools of functional status assessment like Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group or Karnofsky performance status have been shown to poorly reflect functional impairment in older patients with cancer.(50,51) Nearly all geriatric tools were developed in the general geriatric population”
- The development of a comorbidity index with physical function as the outcome. (2005, background): “predict mortality have concluded that comorbid illnesses have little relationship with physical disability [39,40], a”