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Developing a cancer-specific geriatric assessment: a feasibility study.

Arti Hurria1, Supriya Gupta, Marjorie Zauderer

  • 1Department of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. hurriaa@mskcc.org

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|October 6, 2005
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A new cancer-specific geriatric assessment tool is feasible for older patients, with most completing it independently and expressing satisfaction. This tool helps evaluate "functional age" beyond chronologic age for tailored cancer treatment.

Area of Science:

  • Geriatric Oncology
  • Cancer Patient Assessment
  • Functional Age Characterization

Background:

  • Aging US population necessitates evaluation of
  • functional age
  • beyond chronologic age for cancer patients.
  • Tailoring treatment decisions and stratifying outcomes require comprehensive geriatric assessments.
  • Existing measures may lack brevity or self-administration capabilities for cancer patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a brief, comprehensive, self-administered geriatric assessment measure for cancer patients.
  • To assess the feasibility of this measure through patient completion rates, time, and satisfaction.
  • To establish a tool for characterizing functional age in older adults with cancer.

Main Methods:

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  • Literature review of validated geriatric assessment tools across functional status, comorbidity, cognition, psychological, social, and nutritional domains.
  • Selection of measures based on reliability, validity, brevity, and self-administration.
  • Administration of the developed measure to English-speaking patients with breast, lung, colorectal cancer, or lymphoma undergoing chemotherapy at two major cancer centers.

Main Results:

  • The instrument was completed by 43 patients (mean age 74 years).
  • 78% of patients completed the self-administered portion independently, with 90% satisfied with the questionnaire length.
  • No association found between age or educational level and the ability to complete the assessment independently.

Conclusions:

  • A brief, comprehensive geriatric assessment is feasible for the majority of older cancer patients.
  • The developed measure can be largely self-administered, indicating high patient acceptance.
  • Further prospective trials are warranted to confirm generalizability, reliability, and validity.