Medicine
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Oncologic Surgical Planning for Older Adults
Quick fact
In older adults undergoing cancer surgery, comprehensive geriatric assessment–based risk predictions identify postoperative complications and mortality far better than chronological age alone, with some studies showing a 4-fold increase in complication risk for frail patients compared to non-frail patients.
Why this is interesting
We assume that an 80-year-old and a 60-year-old tolerate surgery differently, but how do we know which one is truly at higher risk?