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Should we routinely screen for frailty prior to gynecologic oncology surgery? Frailty as a potential predictor of adverse postoperative outcomes in elderly patients.

Abstract

6517 Background: Frailty is increasingly recognized as an adverse prognostic factor of postoperative morbidity and survival in several surgical disciplines. There is no consensus on routine frailty screening in Gynecologic Oncology. Our goal was to evaluate the predictive role of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program(NSQIP) comorbidity-based modified Frailty Index-5(mFI-5) in Gynecologic Oncology patients over the …

Authors

Mah S; Anpalagan T; Marcucci M; Reade C; Jimenez W; Eiriksson LR; Carlson V; Walker M; Van Nguyen JM

Volume

39

Pagination

pp. 6517-6517

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Publication Date

May 20, 2021

DOI

10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6517

Conference proceedings

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Issue

15_suppl

ISSN

0732-183X