Development and temporal validation of a practical prognostic scoring system (ONCOGERIATRIC INDEX -OGI) based on the comprehensive geriatric assessment to predict early death in elderly cancer patients: A 892 patients cohort study

Authors :: Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler
José Natal Figueiroa
Jurema Telles de Oliveira Lima
Raissa Viana
Zilda Cavalcanti
Anke Bergmann
Mirella Rebello Bezerra
Letícia telles Sales
Maria Júlia Gonçalves de Mello
Source :: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 36:10049-10049
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2018.
Abstract: 10049Background: Recognizing prognostic factors is important when evaluating elderly people with cancer to decide the appropriate treatment. The Oncogeriatric Index (OGI) was developed to predict e...

Subjects :: Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Index (economics)
Scoring system
business.industry
Cancer
Early death
Geriatric assessment
medicine.disease
Oncology
Emergency medicine
Medicine
Elderly people
business
Cohort study

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