Geriatric assessment  was most often completed to describe a patient 's health and functional status .
Geriatric assessment  in the oncology setting is feasible , and some domains are associated with adverse outcomes .
However , there is limited evidence that geriatric assessment impacted treatment decision making .
BACKGROUND Geriatric assessment is a multidisciplinary diagnostic process that evaluates the older adult 's medical , psychological , social , and functional capacity .
No systematic review of the use of geriatric assessment in oncology has been conducted .
The goals of this systematic review were : 1 ) to provide an overview of all geriatric assessment instruments used in the oncology setting ; 2 ) to examine the feasibility and psychometric properties of those instruments ; and 3 ) to systematic ally evaluate the effectiveness of geriatric assessment in predicting or modifying outcomes ( including the impact on treatment decision making , toxicity of treatment , and mortality ) .
Does frailty predict hospitalization, emergency department visits, and visits to the general practitioner in older newly-diagnosed cancer patients? Results of a prospective pilot study.
Research on the use of health care by older newly-diagnosed cancer patients is sparse . We investigated whether frailty predicts hospitalization , emergency department ( ED ) and general practitioner ( GP ) visits in older cancer patients in a prospect i ve pilot study . Newly-diagnosed cancer patients aged 65 years and over were recruited in the Segal Cancer Centre , Jewish General Hospital , Montreal , Canada . One hundred ten patients participated , mean age 74.1 , 70 % women . During 1 year follow-up , 52 patients ( 47.3 % ) had cancer-related hospitalizations , 23 patients ( 20.9 % ) had ED visit and 17 patients ( 15.5 % ) had GP visit . No frailty marker predicted hospitalization or visits to the GP . Cognitive impairment suspicion was the only frailty marker that predicted ED visits ( odds ratio 4.97 ; 95%CI 1.14 - 21.69 ) . Although health care use was considerable in this sample , most frailty markers were not associated with health care use in this pilot study
Geriatric assessment  was most often completed to describe a patient 's health and functional status .
Geriatric assessment  in the oncology setting is feasible , and some domains are associated with adverse outcomes .
However , there is limited evidence that geriatric assessment impacted treatment decision making .
BACKGROUND Geriatric assessment is a multidisciplinary diagnostic process that evaluates the older adult 's medical , psychological , social , and functional capacity .
No systematic review of the use of geriatric assessment in oncology has been conducted .
The goals of this systematic review were : 1 ) to provide an overview of all geriatric assessment instruments used in the oncology setting ; 2 ) to examine the feasibility and psychometric properties of those instruments ; and 3 ) to systematic ally evaluate the effectiveness of geriatric assessment in predicting or modifying outcomes ( including the impact on treatment decision making , toxicity of treatment , and mortality ) .