Anthony D Sung, Thuy Koll, Shannon H Gier, Alessandro Racioppi, Griffin White, Meagan Lew, Marcia Free, Priyal Agarwal, Lauren M Bohannon, Ernaya J Johnson, Bharathi Selvan, Daria V Babushok, Noelle V Frey, Saar I Gill, Elizabeth O Hexner, MaryEllen Martin, Alexander E Perl, Keith W Pratz, Selina M Luger, Nelson J Chao, Alfred L Fisher, Edward A Stadtmauer, David L Porter, Alison W Loren, Vijaya R Bhatt, Phyllis A Gimotty, Shannon R McCurdy
BACKGROUND: Hematologic malignancies disproportionately affect older adults. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is potentially curative, but poor overall survival (OS) has limited its use in older adults. Fried's frailty phenotype (FFP) is a geriatric assessment that combines objective and subjective performance measures: gait speed, grip strength, activity level, exhaustion, and weight loss. People fulfilling ≥3 criteria are classified as frail, 1-2 as pre-frail, and 0 as fit...
January 17, 2024: Transplantation and cellular therapy