Comparison of two frailty screening tools in older patients with colorectal cancer

Abstract Introduction Geriatric assessment (GA) is widely used to detect vulnerability in older patients. As this process is time-consuming, prescreening tools have been developed to identify patients at risk for frailty. We aimed to assess whether the Geriatric 8 (G8) or the Korean Cancer Study Gro...

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Main Authors: Han Zhao, Xinlin Lu, Senshuang Zheng, Danmei Wei, Lizhong Zhao, Yuan Wang, Geertruida H. de Bock, Wenli Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03974-3