Association between geriatric 8 (G8) scores and self-care decline in elderly patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy
These findings indicate a possible coherence between the absence of frailty and maintenance of self-care in elderly patients undergoing RT. Further, prospectively designed research is needed to confirm these findings in a larger cohort.
Authors
- Megumi Nomura
- Nobuki Imano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7668-1506)
- Miho Kondo
- Masako Fujioka
- Ikuno Nishibuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5873-4822)
- Yuji Murakami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3596-3010)
- Shigeyuki Tani
- Tsuyoshi Katsuta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9160-3162)
- Tsutomu Ueda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9771-3880)
- Takao Hamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9728-1264)
- Hiroki Ochi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3960-7710)
- Hiroshi Sakauchi
Institutions
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital (JP)
- Hiroshima University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Supportive Care in Cancer
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-025-09936-2
- Primary Topic
- Oral health in cancer treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00