Medicine

Use of comprehensive geriatric assessment in older cancer patients: recommendations from the task force on CGA of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG).

M. Extermann, M. Aapro, R. Bernabei, H. Cohen, J. Droz, S. Lichtman, V. Mor, S. Monfardini, L. Repetto, L. Sørbye, E. Topinkova

2005.9.1CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2005.06.003

tlooto Summary

A CGA, with or without screening, and with follow-up, should be used in older cancer patients, in order to detect unaddressed problems, improve their functional status, and possibly their survival.

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EXTERMANN, M., et al. Use of comprehensive geriatric assessment in older cancer patients: Recommendations from the task force on CGA of the international society of geriatric oncology (SIOG). CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY, 2005, 55 3: 241–52.