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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
Geriatric assessment is the gold standard to assess an older person’s level of frailty or fitness.
A Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment is a multidisciplinary framework including a group of validated geriatric assessment tools which can be used in conjunction to evaluate factors such as the likelihood that an individual will respond to or tolerate anti-cancer treatment.
The assessment is usually carried out by a trained professional, such as a geriatrician, or a geriatric-trained nurse or AHP. Often the CGA is carried out by more than one profession
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| Contributed by: | Geriatric Oncology in the UK |
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| Authored on: | 0 April 2024 |
| Licence: | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 09 April 2024 |
| Audience access level: | Full user |
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