The Geriatric 8. The G8 screening tool was developed to allow for screening patients more quickly and identifying areas that may need further evaluation with a full CGA. The G8 tool is a ...

Both tools showed high sensitivity (86.5% to 91.3%) and moderate negative predictive value (61.3% to 63.4%) for detecting cancer patients with a geriatric risk profile.

Background: G8 is a geriatric screening tool designed to identify elderly cancer patients who benefit from a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). Despite the increase in the incidence of cancer ...

Geriatric-8 (G8) screening tool stratified the efficacy of S-1 plus ramucirumab in elderly patients with advanced/recurrent gastric cancer: A post-hoc analysis of the KSCC1701 trial. Authors : ...

The total G8 score ranges from 0 to 17, with a higher score reflecting a better health status. A G8 score of 14 or less indicates the person is at risk of frailty, the researchers pointed out, in ...

Participants completed baseline assessments, including the G8 geriatric screening tool to help identify older patients with frailty as well as quality of life measures.

A total of 731 patients were enrolled from March 2021 through June 2024, and after stratification by age category (70-79 years vs 80 years or older) and score on the G8 geriatric screening tool ...

When the U.S. president and other world leaders met in Sea Island, Ga., for the June 2004 Group of Eight (G8) summit, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) knew it'd be a logistical ...

Guardian 8 Corporation , a provider of innovative personal safety and security tools, today introduced a new class of defense products with the debut of the G8 Pro V2 at ISC West 2013, April 10-12 ...