[What is the role of the comprehensive geriatric assessment in Geriatric Oncology?]

Autor:	Molina-Garrido MJ; Consulta de Cáncer en el Anciano, Sección de Oncología Médica, Hospital General Virgen de la Luz de Cuenca, Cuenca, España. Electronic address: mjmolinagarrido@hotmail.com., Soriano Rodríguez MC; Sección de Oncología Médica, Hospital General Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca, España., Guillén-Ponce C; Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España.
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Revista espanola de geriatria y gerontologia [Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol] 2019 Jan - Feb; Vol. 54 (1), pp. 27-33. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Oct 05.
DOI:	10.1016/j.regg.2018.07.003
Abstrakt:	The growing increase in world population and generalised aging have been accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of cancer in the elderly. Aging is associated with certain physiological changes, some of which are enhanced by the neoplasm itself. Along with this, the elderly oncology patient usually has more problems than the rest of the elderly, and has a multitude of deficits. These characteristics require a special handling of the older patient with cancer, by using the main tool used in Geriatrics, the comprehensive geriatric assessment. This article analyses the importance of the comprehensive geriatric assessment in this population group, paying special attention to its ability to predict the toxicity of chemotherapy and the survival of the elderly oncology, as well as its ability to classify these patients into groups that help in the decision making process. (Copyright © 2018 SEGG. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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