The Prognostic Value of Eight Comorbidity Indices in Older Patients with Cancer: The ELCAPA Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A prognostic assessment is crucial for making cancer treatment decisions in older patients. We assessed the prognostic performance (relative to one-year mortality) of eight comorbidity indices in a cohort of older patients with cancer.

Methods

We studied patients with cancer aged ≥70 included in the Elderly Cancer Patient (ELCAPA) cohort between 2007 and 2010. We assessed seven nonspecific indices (Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), three modified versions of the CCI, the Elixhauser Comorbidity Index, the Gagne index, and the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics (CIRS-G)) and the National Cancer Institute Comorbidity Index.

Results

Overall, 510 patients were included. Among patients with nonmetastatic cancer, all the comorbidity indices were indepe

SUBMITTER: Canoui-Poitrine F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9105640 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature