Geriatric assessment tool application in treatment
recommendations for older women with breast cancer
by Asma Munir, Anita Huws, Sohail Khan, Yousef Sharaiha,
Simon Holt, Saira Khawaja
The Breast: Published: March 26, 2022
Treatment of early breast cancer in older women is usually
not guideline concordant owing to lack of routine evaluation of their potential
frailty. We assessed the feasibility and impact of a self-administered
geriatric assessment on the decision-making process in women aged 65 and above
treated in a UK District General Hospital.