Melissa (Kah Poh) Loh, MBBCh BAO, MS, FACCC discussing three oral abstracts on #frailty #tolerability #pallcare and highlighting the gap in the care of older and/or frail/unfit) adults with #myeloid cancer #ASCO24 #gerionc #geriheme

Mostafa R Mohamed from Wilmot Cancer Institute presents results showing that chemo modifications based on geriatric assessment have protective effect compared to the oncologists “eyeball” test (usual care) Less grade 3+ toxicity and 2ndary dose reduction #ASCO24 #gerionc

Delighted to provide foundational context and data for our panel on comprehensive geriatric oncology care delivery and equity today - I love this work! OncoAlert UC San Diego Health Sciences Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc

Excellent job by Gabriel Aleixo Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center Grand Rounds - highlighting the importance of Geriatric Oncology Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc Raises great points on: 1. Older adults often have different goals/priorities 2. chemotherapy dosing is antiquated (in palliative setting for eg minimal effective

Celebrate international What Matters to You Day on June 6th! This week, we will be sharing 4 poignant videos about “what matters most” conversations, developed by the Veterans Affairs for older adults and their care partners. Watch the first story here: ow.ly/aXaj50S9LaB

Celebrate international What Matters to You Day today by watching Lillian’s story here: ow.ly/thro50Sbasr Lillian’s story is part of a series of short videos developed by the Veterans Affairs about having “what matters most” conversations. youtube.com

We're now on the third of four short videos developed by Veterans Affairs that depict "what matters most" conversations with older adults and their care partners. Check out the third story (Marty’s story) here: ow.ly/evwy50Sc7lL

Alberto's story is one of four short videos about having “what matters most” conversations developed by the Veterans Affairs. Watch it here (video is filmed in Spanish with English subtitles): youtube.com/watch?v=aHGOKz… This version has Spanish subtitles: youtube.com/watch?v=g7Y16p…

With EHRs, more systems can implement eFIs. Wonderful to see VA-FI applied to the Israeli Meuhedet HMO: rdcu.be/dNY8q Congratulations Dr. Maor Lewis et al! Clark DuMontier, MD, MPH Brianne Olivieri-Mui, PhD MPH Global Frailty Network Orna Intrator Andrew Clegg Nicholas Pajewski Kate Callahan MD, MS KI Research Institute

As one of the co-Chairs w/ Drs. Martine Puts and Shabbir Alibhai, I am so happy with the preliminary agenda: SIOG 2024 Annual Conference – Online programme now available: mailchi.mp/siog.org/siog-…. Thread on why to attend SIOG 2024!

#NaturalLanguageProcessing Algorithm to Extract #MultipleMyeloma Stage From Oncology Notes in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.120… Nate F Clark DuMontier, MD, MPH #NLP #mmsm

YAAAAAAYYYYYYY Frailty in Older Adults | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

We proudly promote Natalie Artzi to its Core Faculty and appoint Di Feng as an Associate Faculty member. wyss.harvard.edu/news/wyss-inst…

eFrailty: Making frailty assessment accessible to clinicians and researchers - Kim - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - Wiley Online Library agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

“Which frailty tool should I use?” To answer this common question, we are excited to introduce the product of our efforts over the past two years: eFrailty.org ! With Dae Kim VA Research VA Boston HC

#ICYMI We proudly promoted Natalie Artzi to a Core Faculty member and appointed Di Feng as an Associate Faculty member. We're so happy to have them as part of our community! wyss.harvard.edu/news/wyss-inst…

Geriatric oncology has made great strides in improving outcomes for older adults with cancer. In this new #OpenAccess review, Supriya Mohile et al. discuss the why, what, and how of geriatric assessment for clinicians. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.33… @oncoalert #GeriOnc

Although some are worried about the future of geriatrics, this review highlights its major impact and promise in oncology. Thanks to the infrastructure of Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc, SIOG, and to the leaders blazing a trail. Supriya Mohile Heidi Klepin William Dale, MD, PhD, FASCO Allison Magnuson, DO, MS Melissa (Kah Poh) Loh, MBBCh BAO, MS, FACCC

Frailty in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Insightful commentary by Daniel Lage, MD, MBA et al. Need to follow function when considering appropriateness for cancer Tx, as well as response to treatment once started. Regardless of cancer markers, if functional trajectory poor, then cancer Tx harms may > benefit. Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc SIOG