The collaboration between the oncology and geriatrics teams of Senlis hospital (Picardie) resulted in the creation in 2006 of a pilot oncogeriatrics coordination unit. This initiative of the Picardie region led to the setting up of the Oncageoise oncogeriatrics town-hospital network. The main aim of this network is to facilitate access to treatment and coordinate the care of elderly patients suffering from cancer.
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Cancers (Basel)
March 2023
Geriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Savi 10, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Background: Frailty detection with comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is of pivotal importance in older patients with cancer to avoid over- or under-treatment and to detect those at increased risk for poor outcomes. Several tools have been developed to capture the complexity of frailty, but only a few were explicitly conceived for older adults with cancer. The study aimed at developing and validating a multidimensional, easy-to-use diagnostic tool for early-risk stratification in patients with cancer, called the Multidimensional Oncological Frailty Scale (MOFS).
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February 2023
Department of Medical Oncology, OECI-designated Kortrijk Cancer Centre, General Hospital Groeninge, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
Depression is a common and disabling disorder in later life, particularly among people with poor physical health. There are many screening tools available that can be used to examine depressive symptoms; however, not all of them may be appropriate or accurate for older adults with cancer. This pilot study was designed to test the diagnostic performance of two screening tools and their short versions in a cohort of vulnerable (G8 score ≤ 14/17) older patients with cancer undergoing comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA).
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April 2022
CHU La Milétrie, Pôle de Gériatrie, 2, rue de La Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France; CHU La Milétrie, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, 2, rue de La Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France.
BMJ Open
April 2021
Geriatrics Unit, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
Background: Ageing is associated with an increased prevalence of comorbidities and sarcopenia as well as a decline of functional reserve of multiple organ systems, which may lead, in the context of the disease-related and/or treatment-related stress, to functional deconditioning. The multicomponent 'Prehabilitation & Rehabilitation in Oncogeriatrics: Adaptation to Deconditioning risk and Accompaniment of Patients' Trajectories (PROADAPT)' intervention was developed multiprofessionally to implement prehabilitation in older patients with cancer.
Methods: The PROADAPT pilot study is an interventional, non-comparative, prospective, multicentre study.
Trials
January 2019
Service de Médecine Interne Gériatrie et Thérapeutique, CHU Sainte Marguerite, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), 270 Boulevard de Sainte Marguerite Dromel, 13274, Marseille, cedex 09, France.
Background: Social isolation potentiates the risk of death by cancer in the older cancer patient population. The PREDOMOS study investigates the impact of establishing a Program of Social intervention associated with techniques of Domotic and Remote assistance on the improvement of quality of life of older isolated patients, treated for locally advanced or metastatic cancer. This paper updates the pilot trial protocol.
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