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Validating biologic age in selecting elderly patients with pancreatic cancer for surgical resection

Selecting frail elderly patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) for pancreas resection using biologic age has not been elucidated. This study determined the feasibility of the deficit accumulation frailty index (DAFI)… Click to show full abstract

Selecting frail elderly patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) for pancreas resection using biologic age has not been elucidated. This study determined the feasibility of the deficit accumulation frailty index (DAFI) in identifying such patients and its association with surgical outcomes.

Keywords: pancreatic cancer; biologic age; patients pancreatic; elderly patients

Journal Title: Journal of Surgical Oncology
Year Published: 2022

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