{"id":622282,"date":"2026-09-20T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/622282\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:30:10","slug":"can-targeted-geriatric-assessment-replace-an-onco-geriatrician-at-every-tumour-board-siog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/622282\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Targeted Geriatric Assessment Replace an Onco-Geriatrician at Every Tumour Board? &#8211; SIOG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/international-society-of-geriatric-oncology_jgo-gerionc-geriatriconcology-activity-7507046116484505600-RFF4?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAFoBTqcB2vQf0-YikKAXeYBKjdAKj-xTT0w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew in JGO!<\/p>\n<p>Does an onco-geriatrician need to sit on every tumour board, or can targeted referral for geriatric assessment work just as well?<\/p>\n<p>This cohort of 170 patients aged 70 and older with colorectal cancer compared outcomes for those who underwent comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) against those managed without it, in a model where an onco-geriatrician joins every multidisciplinary tumour board and refers selectively.<\/p>\n<p>Despite greater frailty and comorbidity in the CGA group, rates of major complications, severe toxicity, treatment interruptions, and 90-day mortality were similar between the two groups.<\/p>\n<p>Title: Integrating geriatric expertise into multidisciplinary tumour boards for older adults with colorectal cancer: a pragmatic real-world cohort study<\/p>\n<p>Authors: Annaelle Doyen, Olivier S. Descamps, Thibaud De Blauwe, Pierre Stangherlin, Caterina Confente, Pauline Baudouin, Aurore Decleve, Alexandre Nisolle, Nathalie Denewet, Sandra Higuet, Sophie Bettens.<\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geriatriconcology.net\/article\/S1879-4068(26)00098-6\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Full Article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The authors suggest embedding geriatric expertise directly into tumour board discussions may offer a scalable model where dedicated geriatric oncology resources are limited.<\/p>\n<p>SIOG members enjoy free online access to JGO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Make sure not to miss: <a href=\"https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/community\/international-society-of-geriatric-oncology-siog-564782\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SIOG 2026 Explores Cancer Care in Older Adults \u2013 International Society of Geriatric Oncology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-590048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pl-1-800x450.webp\" alt=\"SIOG\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" title=\"Can Targeted Geriatric Assessment Replace an Onco-Geriatrician at Every Tumour Board? - SIOG 2\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) shared on LinkedIn: \u201cNew in JGO! Does an onco-geriatrician need to sit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[163,85,46],"class_list":["post-622282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}