Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Frailty, and Outcomes in Patients With Cancer Managed in a National Health Care System
An increasing number of PIMs, as identified by the GO-PIMs scale, was independently associated with greater risk of frailty at diagnosis, unplanned hospitalization during follow-up, and mortality among patients treated within a large national health care system.
Authors
- J. Michael Gaziano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5384-9767)
- Nhan Do (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6868-7011)
- Clark DuMontier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2582-7816)
- Jane A. Driver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9759-4607)
- Mayuri Dharne
- Robert Zwolinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3466-6145)
- Nikhil C. Munshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7344-9795)
- Jennifer La (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2266-0221)
- Tammy T. Hshieh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8673-6681)
- Nathanael R. Fillmore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-3423)
- Mary T. Brophy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-4368)
- Gregory Alan Abel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-2813)
- Anahid Hamparsumian
- Jameson Wood
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
- VA New England Healthcare System (US)
- Boston VA Research Institute (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Hebrew SeniorLife (US)
- Duke University Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2025.7051
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.22