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Current Oncology
The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is recommended to guide treatment choices in older p... more The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is recommended to guide treatment choices in older patients with cancer. Patients ≥ 70 years referred to our oncology service with a new cancer diagnosis are screened using the G-8. Patients with a score of ≤14 are eligible to attend the Geriatric Oncology and Liaison (GOAL) Clinic in our institution, with referral based on physician discretion. Referred patients undergo multidimensional assessments at baseline. CGA domains assessed include mobility, nutritional, cognitive, and psychological status. Chemotherapy toxicity risk is estimated using the Cancer Aging and Research Group (CARG) calculator. We undertook a retrospective analysis of patients attending the GOAL clinic over a 30-month period to April 2021. The objective was to determine rates of treatment dose modifications, delays, discontinuation, and unscheduled hospitalizations as surrogates for cytotoxic therapy toxicity in these patients. These data were collected retrospectivel...
Additional file 1. Appendix.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2021
e24017 Background: Cancer is a disease of aging, however older patients are underrepresented in t... more e24017 Background: Cancer is a disease of aging, however older patients are underrepresented in the clinical trials that determine the standards of care for oncological treatment. We conducted a review to identify whether there have been age-restrictive inclusion criteria in clinical trials over the last twenty five years. We focused on patients with metastatic gastroesophageal cancer. Methods: A search strategy was developed encompassing Embase, Pubmed and The Cochrane Library databases. All completed Phase III randomised controlled trials evaluating systemic anti-cancer therapies in metastatic gastroesophageal malignancies for the period 01.01.95 to 18.11.20 were identified. Reference management software (Covidence; Veritas Health Innovation Ltd) was used to screen for inclusion/exclusion. The following details were extracted from trial protocols: country of study, date of publication, patient number, age inclusion and exclusion criteria. The median age of participants and the per...
BMC Cancer, 2022
Background Older patients are underrepresented in the clinical trials that determine the standard... more Background Older patients are underrepresented in the clinical trials that determine the standards of care for oncological treatment. We conducted a review to identify whether there have been age-restrictive inclusion criteria in clinical trials over the last twenty five years, focusing on patients with metastatic gastroesophageal cancer. Methods A search strategy was developed encompassing Embase, PubMed and The Cochrane Library databases. Completed phase III randomised controlled trials evaluating systemic anti-cancer therapies in metastatic gastroesophageal malignancies from 1st January 1995 to 18th November 2020 were identified. These were screened for eligibility using reference management software (Covidence; Veritas Health Innovation Ltd). Data including age inclusion/exclusion criteria and median age of participants were recorded. The percentage of patients ≥ 65 enrolled was collected where available. The change over time in the proportion of studies using an upper age exclu...
Current Oncology
The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is recommended to guide treatment choices in older p... more The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is recommended to guide treatment choices in older patients with cancer. Patients ≥ 70 years referred to our oncology service with a new cancer diagnosis are screened using the G-8. Patients with a score of ≤14 are eligible to attend the Geriatric Oncology and Liaison (GOAL) Clinic in our institution, with referral based on physician discretion. Referred patients undergo multidimensional assessments at baseline. CGA domains assessed include mobility, nutritional, cognitive, and psychological status. Chemotherapy toxicity risk is estimated using the Cancer Aging and Research Group (CARG) calculator. We undertook a retrospective analysis of patients attending the GOAL clinic over a 30-month period to April 2021. The objective was to determine rates of treatment dose modifications, delays, discontinuation, and unscheduled hospitalizations as surrogates for cytotoxic therapy toxicity in these patients. These data were collected retrospectivel...
Additional file 1. Appendix.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2021
e24017 Background: Cancer is a disease of aging, however older patients are underrepresented in t... more e24017 Background: Cancer is a disease of aging, however older patients are underrepresented in the clinical trials that determine the standards of care for oncological treatment. We conducted a review to identify whether there have been age-restrictive inclusion criteria in clinical trials over the last twenty five years. We focused on patients with metastatic gastroesophageal cancer. Methods: A search strategy was developed encompassing Embase, Pubmed and The Cochrane Library databases. All completed Phase III randomised controlled trials evaluating systemic anti-cancer therapies in metastatic gastroesophageal malignancies for the period 01.01.95 to 18.11.20 were identified. Reference management software (Covidence; Veritas Health Innovation Ltd) was used to screen for inclusion/exclusion. The following details were extracted from trial protocols: country of study, date of publication, patient number, age inclusion and exclusion criteria. The median age of participants and the per...
BMC Cancer, 2022
Background Older patients are underrepresented in the clinical trials that determine the standard... more Background Older patients are underrepresented in the clinical trials that determine the standards of care for oncological treatment. We conducted a review to identify whether there have been age-restrictive inclusion criteria in clinical trials over the last twenty five years, focusing on patients with metastatic gastroesophageal cancer. Methods A search strategy was developed encompassing Embase, PubMed and The Cochrane Library databases. Completed phase III randomised controlled trials evaluating systemic anti-cancer therapies in metastatic gastroesophageal malignancies from 1st January 1995 to 18th November 2020 were identified. These were screened for eligibility using reference management software (Covidence; Veritas Health Innovation Ltd). Data including age inclusion/exclusion criteria and median age of participants were recorded. The percentage of patients ≥ 65 enrolled was collected where available. The change over time in the proportion of studies using an upper age exclu...