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20060313

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
The use of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in cancer patients older than 70 is recommended. Three pre-screening instruments have been proposed: the abbreviated comprehensive geriatric assessment (aCGA), the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13), and the Groningen frailty index (GFI). The objective of the study was to identify the most efficient pre-screening tool that accurately determines individuals who may benefit from the entire CGA. A total of 113 elderly cancer patients were assessed by means of the aCGA, VES-13, GFI and the full CGA. The sensitivity, specificity of the three instruments was calculated, using the results from the entire CGA as the gold standard for the GFI and the VES-13. The aCGA was assessed whether each sub-component reliably predicts impairment on each sub-component of the full CGA. The majority of the participants were defined as being at risk of vulnerability: 68.14% had two or more impairments of the CGA or were cognitively impaired. The physical and disability questions are useful, but all other screening instruments miss too many cases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1879-0461
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Identifying an accurate pre-screening tool in geriatric oncology.
pubmed:affiliation
Leuven Centre of Cancer Prevention, University Hospitals-Leuven, Belgium. eliane.kellen@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't