Measures of polypharmacy and chemotherapy toxicity in older adults with cancer.
Maggiore R, Feng T, Dale W, Gross C, Tew W, Mohile S, Owusu C, Klepin H, Lichtman S, Gajra A, McKoy J, Katheria V, Ramani R, Jayani R, Brown J, Hurria A. Measures of polypharmacy and chemotherapy toxicity in older adults with cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2013, 31: 9545-9545. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.9545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevalence of polypharmacyPIM useChemotherapy toxicityOlder adultsGeriatric oncology populationAdverse clinical outcomesUnconditional logistic regressionAdverse drug eventsChi-square testInappropriate medicationsMedication useOncology populationPatient ageClinical outcomesDaily medicationInvasive cancerDrug eventsOutpatient populationGrade 3PolypharmacyReferent groupOlder personsSquare testLogistic regressionCancer