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

Pierre Soubeyran(Université de Bordeaux), Carine Bellera(Inserm), Jean Goyard(Centre Jean Perrin), Damien Heitz(Hôpital d'Hautepierre), Hervé Curé(Institut Jean Godinot), Hubert Rousselot(Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine), G. Albrand, V. Servent(Centre Oscar Lambret), O. Saint Jean(Hôpital Européen), Isabelle Van Praagh(Centre Jean Perrin), Jean‐Emmanuel Kurtz(Hôpital d'Hautepierre), Stéphane Périn(Institut Jean Godinot), Jean-Luc Verhaeghe(Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine), C. Terret(Centre Léon Bérard), Christophe Desauw(Université Catholique de Lille), Véronique Girre(Roche (France)), C. Mertens(Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux), Simone Mathoulin‐Pélissier(Université de Bordeaux), M. Rainfray(Université de Bordeaux)
PLoS ONE
December 11, 2014
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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 older cancer patients requiring geriatric assessment by comparing the performance of two short assessment tools the G8 and the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13).


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