Clinical Significance of Frailty on Treatment Outcome in Nongeriatric Patients With Head and Neck Cancer and Esophageal Cancer Undergoing Curative-Intent Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy.
Wen-Chi ChouCheng-Chou LaiChia-Yen HungShun-Wen HsuehKun-Yun YehChang-Hsien LuNgan-Ming TsangPei-Hung ChangYa-Wen HoShih-Ying ChenYu-Ching LinYu-Shin HungPublished in: Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center (2022)
This study demonstrated the significance of pretreatment frailty on treatment tolerance, treatment-related toxicity, and survival outcome in younger patients with head and neck and esophageal cancer undergoing CCRT. While GA is commonly targeted toward the older population, frailty assessment by GA may also be utilized in younger patients for decision-making guidance and prognosis prediction.