“Frailty” in Geriatry and Oncology: One Term for Two Widely Differing Concepts

JAMDA
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 528-530, July 2014

• Marie-Eve Rouge Bugat, MD

• Laurent Balardy, MD

• Bruno Chicoulaa, MD

• Matteo Cesari, MD

• Stéphane Gérard, MD

• Fati Nourashemi, MD, PhD

published online 16 May 2014.

Obtaining operational and consensual criteria to define frailty is a major challenge for oncogeriatry. Although the concept of frailty is currently used by both oncologist and geriatricians, the definitions and instruments they use for its evaluation are very different. This creates confusion, hampering the development of joint research in this area.