Conference
Rapid assessment of frailty prior to treatment of elderly colorectal cancer patients.
Abstract
e20522
Background: Frailty is traditionally assessed by a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA); there is no agreed upon standard for a CGA, and it is not feasible to implement in routine oncology practice. In contrast, the Edmonton Frailty Scale (EFS) is a simple questionnaire, requiring less than 5 minutes to complete, initially validated as a surrogate to the CGA in general medicine patients (Rolfson et al, 2006). We …
Authors
Dhesy-Thind SK; Meyers BM; Al-Shamsi HO; Papaioannou A; Zbuk KM; Pond GR
Volume
31
Pagination
pp. e20522-e20522
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Publication Date
May 20, 2013
DOI
10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.e20522
Conference proceedings
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Issue
15_suppl
ISSN
0732-183X