title: [A trans-hospital pilot programme for onco-geriatry. The experience of the CHC-Liege].
abstract: The authors offered to 296 consecutive cancer patients aged > or = 70 to undergo a joint comprehensive geriatric and oncological assessment. After pluridisciplinary discussion, several reflections have emerged: the need in 15 - 32% of cases to reinforce the role of the paramedical staff; the correlation between age, low clinical indices, alteration of renal function as well as geriatric characteristics; 67% of evaluated cases presented a significant geriatric profile; recommendations for patients' management in relation to their pattern of frailty and health aging (standard, adapted or palliative treatment).
authors.affiliation: Département d'Onco-Hématologie, CHC Clinique Saint-Joseph, Liège, Belgique. christian.focan@chc.be
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Focan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Warzee
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demolin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Houbiers
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kreutz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matus
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Longree
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sondag
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dammel
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guillaume
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Graas
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001530:Belgium; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects