title: [Prostate cancer of elderly patients: Place and role of geriatric assessment].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to appreciate the place and role of geriatric assessment in elderly patients with prostate cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a retrospective analysis of prostate cancer patients who underwent geriatric assessment during the therapeutic management from 2008 to 2014. Patient, tumor, treatment characteristics and their associated toxicity as well as the parameters of geriatric assessment were studied. The occurrence of geriatric assessment within the 3 months preceding a therapeutic decision was reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data of seventy-four patients were analyzed with a median follow-up of 15.6 years. The average age at diagnosis was 74.3 and 80.6 at the geriatric assessment. At the time of the geriatric assessment 64 patients had metastatic disease, 39 were in poor condition more than 50% of patients had walking ability disorders. Thirteen patients underwent radical surgery, 28 received radiotherapy, 30 patients had chemotherapy and hormonotherapy was prescribed for 72 patients. The geriatric assessment, requested on average 15 years after diagnosis, was not carried out within the 3 months preceding treatment decision for 55 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The recourse to geriatric assessment is predominantly used to endorse a decision of supportive care for elderly patients with prostate cancer. An early intervention by a geriatrician consultant for the initial management and then at each therapeutic event is a sine qua non condition for efficient personalized therapeutic management suitable to every patient according to physiological age.
  
  
  METHODS
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authors: Département de radiothérapie, institut de cancérologie de la Loire-Lucien Neuwirth, 108 bis, avenue Albert-Raimond, BP 60008, 42271 Saint-Priest-en-Jarez cedex, France.
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authors: Service de gériatrie et gérontologie clinique, hôpital de la Charité, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Saint-Etienne, 44, rue Pointe-Cadet, 42100 Saint-Etienne, France.
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authors: Département d'oncologie médicale, institut de cancérologie de la Loire-Lucien Neuwirth, 108 bis, avenue Albert-Raimond, BP 60008, 42271 Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
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authors: Service de gériatrie et gérontologie clinique, hôpital de la Charité, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Saint-Etienne, 44, rue Pointe-Cadet, 42100 Saint-Etienne, France.
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authors: Laboratoire de radiobiologie cellulaire et moléculaire de Lyon Sud, faculté de médecine Lyon Sud, EMR 3738, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, BP 12, 69921 Oullins cedex, France; Département de radiothérapie, institut de cancérologie de la Loire-Lucien Neuwirth, 108 bis, avenue Albert-Raimond, BP 60008, 42271 Saint-Priest-en-Jarez cedex, France. Electronic address: nicolas.magne@icloire.fr.
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mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Cancer de prostate; Décision thérapeutique; Elderly; Geriatric assessment; Patients âgés; Prostate cancer; Therapeutic decision; Évaluation gériatrique