Functional Disability Among Older Versus Younger Adults With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Presley CJ, Arrato NA, Janse S, Shields PG, Carbone DP, Wong ML, Han L, Gill TM, Allore HG, Andersen BL. Functional Disability Among Older Versus Younger Adults With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. JCO Oncology Practice 2021, 17: e848-e858. PMID: 33939536, PMCID: PMC8258136, DOI: 10.1200/op.20.01004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline disabilityFunctional disabilityAdvanced NSCLCBrain metastasesLung cancerHigher oddsUsual activitiesDepressive symptomsEastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance statusAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerDisability groupsECOG PS 0Poor ECOG PSCell lung cancerFunctional status scoresECOG PSPatient characteristicsPerformance statusProspective cohortPS 0Systemic treatmentEuroQol-5DPsychologic symptomsDisease characteristics