Frailty and Cancer: Current Perspectives on Assessment and Monitoring

• Published in: Clinical interventions in aging Vol. 18; pp. 505 - 521
• Main Author: Goede, Valentin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2023; Dove; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Aged; Aged patients; Cancer; Cancer patients; Care and treatment; Comorbidity; Frail Elderly; frailty; Frailty - diagnosis; Geriatric Assessment; geriatric screening; Humans; Medical examination; Medical Oncology; Methods; Neoplasms - therapy; Review; Germany; frailty; geriatric assessment; cancer; geriatric screening
• ISSN: 1178-1998; 1176-9092; 1178-1998
• DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S365494

Frailty, an age-related condition of increased vulnerability to acute endogenous or exogenous stressors, is a key barrier to successful treatment of cancer in older people. In this group of patients, assessment of frailty is required before starting a new treatment. According to guidelines, the gold...