Publications by authors named "G Albrand"
Introduction: The aim was to analyze the implementation of the Onco-Geriatrics model in a remote ultramarine territory: West-French Guiana. The population is socially precarious in terms of income, social coverage and administrative status, and most often speaks a non-French language and has a non-Western culture.
Methods: Narrative description of the implementation and retrospective study of anonymized data from the database of older patients managed for cancer between September 2014 and December 2020.
Background: In the era of targeted therapies, the influence of aging on cancer management varies from one patient to another. Assessing individual frailty using geriatric tools has its limitations, and is not appropriate for all patients especially the youngest one. Thus, assessing the complementary value of a potential biomarker of individual aging is a promising field of investigation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The prognostic assessment of older cancer patients is complicated by their heterogeneity. We aimed to assess the prognostic value of routine inflammatory biomarkers.
Methods: A pooled analysis of prospective multicenter cohorts of cancer patients aged ≥70 was performed.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of cachexia (a condition involving significant weight loss) in older cancer patients, as well as its impact on 6-month mortality rates.
- The research surveyed 1,030 patients aged 70 and older across 55 geriatric oncology clinics in France, revealing that over half of the participants (52%) met the criteria for cachexia.
- Factors linked to higher rates of cachexia included specific cancer types (like colorectal cancer), prior surgeries, presence of metastases, poor performance status, low food intake, cognitive issues, and potential depression, with those having cachexia experiencing a higher mortality risk within 6 months.