Evaluation of the Groningen Frailty Indicator and the G8 questionnaire as screening tools for frailty in older patients with cancer

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-38

  Baitar, Abdelbari ^a   Van Fraeyenhove, Frank ^a   Vandebroek, An ^a   De Droogh, Els ^a   Galdermans, Daniella ^a   Mebis, Jeroen ^b   Schrijvers, Dirk ^a  

^a Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen Middelheim ^*  (Belgium)

^b Jessa Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment; Frailty; G8 questionnaire; Geriatric oncology; Groningen Frailty Indicator

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; G8 QUESTIONNAIRE; GERIATRIC CARE; GRONINGEN FRAILTY INDICATOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872617089     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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