Patient assessment and feasibility of treatment in older patients with cancer: results from the IN-GHO^® Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Predicting feasibility of treatment in older patients with cancer is a major clinical task. The Initiative Geriatrische Hämatologie und Onkologie (IN-GHO^®) registry prospectively collected data on the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), physician's and patient's-self assessment of fitness for treatment, and the course of treatment in patients within a treatment decision aged ≥ 70 years.

Patients and methods

The registry included 3169 patients from 93 centres and evaluated clinical course and treatment outcomes 2-3 and 6 months after initial assessment. Fitness for treatment was classified as fit, compromised and frail according to results of a CGA, and in addition by an experienced physician's and by patient's itself. Feasibility of treatment (termed

SUBMITTER: Honecker F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8484105 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature