Background Frailty is a state of vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis following a
stressor event, such as chemotherapy or cancer surgery. Better knowledge of the …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The concept of frailty has become increasingly
recognized as one of the most important issues in health care and health outcomes and is of …

Traditionally used as a descriptive term, frailty is now a recognized medical syndrome
identifying individuals with decreased physiologic reserve. Frailty is characterized by …

Background: Frailty is a syndrome associated with increased vulnerability and an important
predictor of outcomes in older cancer patients. Systematic assessments to identify frailty are …

Frailty, an age-related condition of increased vulnerability to acute endogenous or
exogenous stressors, is a key barrier to successful treatment of cancer in older people. In …

Background: An objective measure is needed to identify frail older adults with cancer who
are at increased risk for poor health outcomes. The primary objective of this study was to …

Evidence exists that the geriatric intervention guided by Comprehensive Geriatric
Assessment (CGA) has positive effects on a number of important health outcomes in frail …

Purpose Frailty classifications of older patients with cancer have been developed to assist
physicians in selecting cancer treatments and geriatric interventions. They have not been …

Background Cancer is common in older adults, who often have concurrent frailty. Frailty is a
strong predictor of adverse outcomes in surgical patients. Our objective is to systematically …

Aging is associated with a progressive decline in the functional reserve of many organ
systems, 22 and this functional restriction can compromise the tolerance of stress, including …