Wednesday, 20 April 2022

 

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.