Cancer mortality and competing causes of death in older adults with cancer: A prospective, multicentre cohort study (ELCAPA-19).

Déborah AssouanElena PaillaudPhilippe CailletAmaury BroussierEmmanuelle KempfMaxime FrelautEtienne BrainEmmanuelle LorissonClelia ChambraudSylvie Bastuji-GarinOlivier HanonFlorence Canouï-PoitrineMarie LaurentClaudia Martinez-Tapia

Published in: Cancer medicine (2023)

The majority of older adults with cancer referred for pre-therapeutic GA die from cancer. Geriatric parameters are independently associated with cancer mortality and should be considered for prognosis assessment, decision-making and care.

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