G8 screening and health-care use in patients with cancer
Jobar Bouzan, Marcus Horstmann
Abstract
The Geriatric 8 (G8) score, a widely used screening tool to assess frailty in older adults with cancer,1 is recommended by several guidelines.2 In the past decade, geriatric frailty has been gaining attention as a consequence of the ageing global population. Ageing is increasing the demand for, and adding pressure to, already strained health-care systems and services worldwide. In The Lancet Healthy Longevity, Victoria Depoorter and colleagues3 report the results of a retrospective study of G8 screening that provides important insights on the subject.
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MedicineGeriatric oncologyCancerGerontologyFamily medicineHealth careScopusMEDLINEGeriatricsCohortPopulation ageingPopulationRetrospective cohort studyInternal medicinePsychiatryLawEnvironmental healthEconomic growthPolitical scienceEconomicsFrailty in Older AdultsNutrition and Health in AgingHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life