Predicting Chemotherapy Toxicity in Older Adults With Cancer: A Prospective Multicenter Study

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Authors

Arti Hurria · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Kayo Togawa · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Supriya G. Mohile · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Cynthia Owusu · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Heidi D. Klepin · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Cary P. Gross · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Stuart M. Lichtman

Abstract

A risk stratification schema can establish the risk of chemotherapy toxicity in older adults. Geriatric assessment variables independently predicted the risk of toxicity.

Topics & Keywords

Frailty in Older Adults Occupational and environmental lung diseases Nutrition and Health in Aging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 29, Issue 25, pp. 3457-3465

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.34.7625

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