Geriatric Assessment and Functional Decline in Older Patients with Lung Cancer.

Lore DecosterC KenisD SchallierJ VansteenkisteK NackaertsL VanackerN VandewalleJ FlamaingJ P LobelleK MilisenJ De GrèveH Wildiers

Published in: Lung (2017)

Older patients with lung cancer present with multiple deficiencies covering all geriatric domains. During treatment, functional decline is observed in almost half of the patients. None of the specific domains of the GA were predictive for functional decline or survival, probably because of the high impact of the aggressiveness of this tumor type leading to a poor prognosis.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
end stage renal disease
long non coding rna
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
pet ct
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
hip fracture