A randomized clinical study on the impact of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) based interventions on the quality of life of elderly, frail, onco-hematologic patients candidate to anticancer therapy: protocol of the ONCO-Aging study

A randomized clinical study on the impact of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) based interventions on the quality of life of elderly, frail, onco-hematologic patients candidate to anticancer therapy: protocol of the ONCO-Aging study

Abstract Background Age is considered as one of the most important risk-factor for many types of solid and hematological cancers, as their incidence increases with age in parallel to the ever-growing elderly population. Moreover, cancer incidence is constantly increasing as a consequence of the incr...

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Main Authors: Abdurraouf Mokhtar Mahmoud, Federica Biello, Paola Maria Maggiora, Riccardo Bruna, Giovanni Burrafato, Miriam Cappelli, Feba Varughese, Veronica Martini, Francesca Platini, Clara Deambrogi, Andrea Patriarca, Maura Nicolosi, Ajay ram Vachanaram, Carla Pisani, Eleonora Ferrara, Elvira Catania, Danila Azzolina, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Marco Krengli, Gianluca Gaidano, Alessandra Gennari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)
G8 questionnaire
Quality of Life (QoL)
Cell senescence
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02237-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02237-3

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