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SUBMITTER: Ness KK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3871511 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ness Kirsten K KK Krull Kevin R KR Jones Kendra E KE Mulrooney Daniel A DA Armstrong Gregory T GT Green Daniel M DM Chemaitilly Wassim W Smith Webb A WA Wilson Carmen L CL Sklar Charles A CA Shelton Kyla K Srivastava Deo Kumar DK Ali Sabeen S Robison Leslie L LL Hudson Melissa M MM
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20131118 36
<h4>Purpose</h4>Frailty, a phenotype reported among 9.9% of individuals 65 years old and older (9.6% of women; 5.2% of men), has not been assessed among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCS). We estimated the prevalence of frailty and examined associations with morbidity and mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants included 1,922 CCS at least 10 years from original cancer diagnosis (men, 50.3%; mean age, 33.6 ± 8.1 years) and a comparison population of 341 participants without cancer histories. P ...[more]