Usefulness of the G8 geriatric functional assessment tool in head and neck cancer

• Published in: JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR HEAD AND NECK SURGERY Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 347 - 352
• Main Authors: Akioka, Hiroshi, Ohira, Noriko, Yane, Katsunari, Nishikawa, Daisuke, Ota, Ichiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: JAPAN SOCIETY FOR HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 2024; 特定非営利活動法人 日本頭頸部外科学会
• Subjects: elderly head and neck cancer patients; G8; geriatric assessment; 高齢者機能評価; 高齢頭頸部がん患者
• ISSN: 1349-581X; 1884-474X; 1884-474X
• DOI: 10.5106/jjshns.33.347

We investigated the usefulness of G8 as a simple screening tool for elderly head and neck cancer patients by using the tool to assess geriatric function and to investigate the prognosis and other factors. The subjects were 37 head and neck cancer patients aged 70 years or older who visited our department for primary treatment during a two-year period from January 2018 to December 2019. The cutoff value of the G8 score was 10.5, calculated from the relationship between the G8 score and prognosis. The three-year overall survival rate was 88.0％ for the G8 value ≥11 group and 35.3％ for the G8 value ＜11 group, showing a significant difference between the two groups. The results suggested the efficacy of G8 as a prognostic indicator in elderly patients with head and neck cancer.