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 ) .
[Lung cancer in the elderly: performance status and/or geriatric indices?].
INTRODUCTION Demographic aging poses a problem of management in patients over 65 years old with lung cancer ( LC ) .  Performance status ( PS ) is an index of global activity that , in part , determines treatment . Geriatric indices allow a multifactorial assessment of the elderly subject . The aim of our study is to evaluate whether PS correlates with the geriatric indices in elderly patients with lung cancer . METHODS In a single centre prospect i ve study the  geriatric indices ( ADL , IADL , PINI , MMS )  and the Charlson score ( CS )  were measured before treatment . RESULTS Forty one patients aged 75.7 + /- 6.6 years were included in the study .  PS 3 - 4 was found in 15 % of patients and 44 % had stage IV disease . Half of them were ADL dependent and 95 % were IADL dependent . A MMS<24 was found in 29 % and 17 % had a PINI > 20 . The CS was 2.7 + /- 2.1 . There was a correlation between PS and the geriatric indices but no correlation between PS and CS . CONCLUSION PS is significantly correlated with the geriatric indices but is independent of CS . PS appears to be a good parameter for the assessment of global activity in the elderly subject with LC
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 ) .