Application Value of Abbreviated Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Elderly Female Breast Cancer Patients.
- Author:
Yan LIN
1
;
Yu SONG
1
;
Ying XU
1
;
Ru YAO
1
;
Xing-Tong ZHOU
1
;
Chang-Jun WANG
1
;
Xin HUANG
1
;
Xue-Fei WANG
1
;
Xi CAO
1
;
Qiang SUN
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: breast cancer; comprehensive geriatric assessment; eastern cooperative oncology group; the elderly
- MeSH: Aged; Breast Neoplasms; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Humans
- From: Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2021;43(3):395-401
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective To evaluate the application value of abbreviated comprehensive geriatric assessment(aCGA)in elderly female breast cancer patients. Methods Eight aspects of the traditional CGA were simplified to form the aCGA assessment table,based on which the patients were classified into three grades of A,B and C according to the total scores.This study enrolled the elderly female patients with breast cancer aged 70 years and above who were treated in PUMC Hospital from June 2018 to January 2020.Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG)scoring and aCGA grading were performed respectively,and the results of the two methods were compared. Results Of the 162 patients,111(68.5%)were classified by the aGGA method as grade A,43(26.5%)as grade B,and 8(5.0%)as grade C;131(80.9%)cases have concurrent diseases,and the most common complications were hypertension(
