The G8 screening tool enhances prognostic value to ECOG performance status in elderly cancer patients: A retrospective, single institutional study.
Masahiro TakahashiMasanobu TakahashiKeigo KomineHideharu YamadaYuki KasaharaSonoko ChikamatsuAkira OkitaShukuei ItoKota OuchiYoshinari OkadaHiroo ImaiKen SaijoHidekazu ShirotaShin TakahashiTakahiro MoriHideki ShimodairaChikashi IshiokaPublished in: PloS one (2017)
This novel classification of the G8 score contributes to prompt identification of patients with poor prognosis and improved the prognostic value of ECOG-PS. Using G8 with ECOG-PS may be helpful in deciding treatment for elderly patients with advanced cancer.