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Chambers LM, Yao M, Morton M, Chichura A, Costales AB, Horowitz M, Gruner MF, Rose PG, Michener CM, DeBernardo R. Perioperative outcomes of cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in elderly women with epithelial ovarian cancer: analysis of a prospective registry. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2021; 31:1021-1030. [PMID: 34006567 DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2021-002622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate perioperative outcomes in elderly versus non-elderly women with advanced or recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer undergoing surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). METHODS A single-institution prospective registry was analyzed for women with ovarian cancer who underwent surgery with HIPEC from January 2014 to December 2020. Elderly age was defined as ≥65 years at surgery. Complications were defined according to the Accordion scale. Univariate and multivariable analysis was used to compare progression-free survival and overall survival. RESULTS Of 127 women who underwent surgery with HIPEC, 33.1% (n=42) were ≥65 and 17.3% (n=22) were ≥70 years old. The median age for non-elderly and elderly patients were 55.7±8.3 versus 72.0±5.4 years, respectively (p<0.001). The majority of non-elderly versus elderly patients underwent HIPEC at the time of interval cytoreductive surgery following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (52.9% vs 73.8%, p=0.024). There were no differences in moderate (15.3% vs 26.2%) or severe postoperative complications (10.6% vs 11.9%, p=0.08), acute kidney injury (7.1% vs 16.7%, p=0.12), and length of stay (5.0 vs 5.0 days, p=0.56) for non-elderly versus elderly patients. With a median follow-up of 20 months (95% CI 9.1 to 32.7 months), there was no difference in progression-free survival (18.8 vs 15.7 months, p=0.75) or overall survival (61.6 months vs not estimable, p=0.72) for non-elderly versus elderly patients. Comparing patients 65-69 versus ≥70 years, progression-free survival (33.0 vs 12.5 months, p=0.002) was significantly improved in patients aged 65-69, without difference in overall survival (not estimable vs 36.0 months, p=0.91). On multivariable analysis, age ≥65 did not impact progression-free survival (p=0.74). CONCLUSIONS In this prospective registry of women with ovarian cancer, perioperative morbidity is not increased for non-elderly versus elderly patients following surgery with HIPEC. While age should not exclude patients from surgery with HIPEC, additional research is needed regarding oncologic benefits in elderly women.
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- Laura M Chambers
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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van Walree IC, Breukelen ELG, Thielen N, Rens MTM, Huis‐Tanja LH, Hamaker ME. Chemotherapy in the oldest old: Choices and outcomes. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2019; 28:e13049. [DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Department of Internal Medicine Diakonessenhuis Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine Diakonessenhuis Utrecht The Netherlands
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van Walree IC, van Soolingen NJ, Hamaker ME, Smorenburg CH, Louwers JA, van Huis-Tanja LH. Treatment decision-making in elderly women with ovarian cancer: an age-based comparison. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2019; 29:158-165. [DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2018-000026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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ObjectiveTo investigate treatment choices and outcomes in women with ovarian cancer, comparing elderly (≥75 years) and younger patients (<75 years).MethodsA single-center retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer between 2010 and 2015. The initial treatment plan and course of treatment were extracted from medical files.ResultsOf 128 included patients, 34% were aged ≥75 years. The initial treatment plan consisted of the combination of cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy (ie, standard treatment) in only 10% of the elderly patients with an indication for this treatment. 5% of these patients completed this treatment without adaptations (compared with 85% and 48%, respectively, in younger patients). 38% of the elderly patients with an indication for cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy received best supportive care only. Patient preference was an important reason to withhold standard treatment. Surgery- and chemotherapy-related complications and hospital admissions did not differ between groups. Median survival was lower in the elderly (p=0.002) and in patients receiving best supportive care (p<0.001).ConclusionsElderly patients were less frequently treated in accordance with the treatment guideline. To select those older patients who may benefit from (adapted) treatment is challenging. Future studies should evaluate determinants associated with treatment completion to improve outcomes in this vulnerable population.
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Gibson SJ, Fleming GF, Temkin SM, Chase DM. The Application and Outcome of Standard of Care Treatment in Elderly Women with Ovarian Cancer: A Literature Review over the Last 10 Years. Front Oncol 2016; 6:63. [PMID: 27047797 PMCID: PMC4805611 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2016.00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The rising number and increasing longevity of the elderly population calls for improvements and potentially a more personalized approach to the treatment of cancer in this group. Elderly patients frequently present with a number of comorbidities, complicating surgery and chemotherapy tolerability. In the case of ovarian cancer, elderly women present with more advanced disease, making the issue of providing adequate treatment without significant morbidity critical. Most studies support the application of standard of care treatment to elderly women with ovarian cancer, yet it seems to be offered less frequently in the elderly. The objective of this review is to examine the application and outcome of standard of care treatment in elderly women with ovarian cancer. The aim is to ultimately improve the approach to treatment in this group.
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- Steven J Gibson
- The Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Arizona Cancer Center, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Creighton University School of Medicine , Phoenix, AZ , USA
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- Department of Medicine, The Division of Hematology/Oncology, Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL , USA
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- The Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD , USA
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- The Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Arizona Cancer Center, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Creighton University School of Medicine , Phoenix, AZ , USA
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McCarthy AL, Cook PS, Yates P. Engineering the fitness of older patients for chemotherapy: An exploration of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in practice. Health (London) 2013; 18:196-212. [DOI: 10.1177/1363459313488007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Clinicians often report that currently available methods to assess older patients, including standard clinical consultations, do not elicit the information necessary to make an appropriate cancer treatment recommendation for older cancer patients. An increasingly popular way of assessing the potential of older patients to cope with chemotherapy is a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. What constitutes Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, however, is open to interpretation and varies from one setting to another. Furthermore, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment’s usefulness as a predictor of fitness for chemotherapy and as a determinant of actual treatment is not well understood. In this article, we analyse how Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment was developed for use in a large cancer service in an Australian capital city. Drawing upon Actor–Network Theory, our findings reveal how, during its development, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment was made both a tool and a science. Furthermore, we briefly explore the tensions that we experienced as scholars who analyse medico-scientific practices and as practitioner–designers charged with improving the very tools we critique. Our study contributes towards geriatric oncology by scrutinising the medicalisation of ageing, unravelling the practices of standardisation and illuminating the multiplicity of ‘fitness for chemotherapy’.
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- Alexandra L McCarthy
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology; Division of Cancer Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology; Division of Cancer Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia
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Luciani A, Dottorini L, Battisti N, Bertuzzi C, Caldiera S, Floriani I, Zonato S, Ferrari D, Foa P. Screening elderly cancer patients for disabilities: evaluation of study of osteoporotic fractures (SOF) index and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). Ann Oncol 2013; 24:469-474. [PMID: 23041592 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional tool aimed at detecting multiple age-related problems; the study of osteoporotic fractures (SOF) index is a 3-item instrument designed to measure frailty and pre-frailty status. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the accuracy of the SOF index and CGA in predicting the disability status in elderly cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients aged ≥ 70 years with a confirmed diagnosis of a solid or hematologic tumor underwent both CGA and SOF assessment. The sensitivity and specificity of SOF in determining the presence of frailty were analyzed using the CGA as the reference standard. The diagnostic accuracy of SOF < 80% was considered not acceptable. RESULTS The study involved 400 patients aged ≥ 70 years (median age 77.2, range 70-97).The SOF and CGA classified, respectively, 33.2% and 31.8% of patients as fit, 67.8% and 68.2% as unfit. The SOF showed a sensibility and a specificity of 89.0 [95% confidence interval (CI) 84.7-92.5] and 81.1 (73.2-87.5) with an accuracy of 86.5 (82.8-89.7). The negative predictive value (NPV) was 103/133, i.e. 77.4% (95% CI 69.4-84.2). CONCLUSIONS As the SOF proved to reach the end-point of our study, we support its use as a means of screening elderly cancer patients in everyday clinical practice.
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- A Luciani
- Department of Oncology, San Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan.
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- Department of Oncology, San Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan
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- Department of Oncology, San Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan
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- Department of Oncology, San Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan
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- Department of Oncology, San Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Trial, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri', Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, San Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan
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- Department of Oncology, San Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan
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- Department of Oncology, San Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan
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Chemotherapy Treatment Patterns in Elderly Patients Initially Diagnosed With Advanced Ovarian Cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cogc.2013.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Clinical aspects of the management of elderly women diagnosed with gynecologic malignancies: Treatment decisions and choices. J Geriatr Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2010.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Current awareness: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/pds.1653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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