Differences in Pretreatment Frailty Across Gastrointestinal Cancers in Older Adults: Results From the Cancer and Aging Resilience Evaluation Registry.

Sankalp Arora Mackenzie E FowlerChristian HarmonMustafa Al-ObaidiDarryl Outlaw Robert HollisOlumide GbolahanMoh'd KhushmanSmith Giri Grant R Williams

Published in: JCO oncology practice (2022)

Older adults with pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancers are at high-risk of pretreatment frailty. Early interventions to improve nutritional and functional status and optimization of comorbidities may help improve outcomes.

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