Robert Orlowski, Florence Maude Thomas Cancer Research Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared on X:
“Myeloma Paper of the Day:
Electronic frailty index assoc w/ outcomes in older adults receiving CAR-T; very frail pts have significantly worse OS; frail and very frail w/ higher odds of grade 3+ tox and fewer days alive out of hospital in 1st 30 days.”
Title: An Electronic Frailty Index Is Associated with Outcomes in Older Adults Receiving CAR-T Therapy
Authors: Justine P. Enns, Mark R. Korst, Nora Horick, Isabel Neckermann, Olivia Y. Cheung, Bharati Kochar, Ariela R. Orkaby, Matthew J. Frigault, Jeremy S. Abramson, Areej El-Jawahri, Richard A. Newcomb, Patrick Connor Johnson
You can read the full article on Blood Advances.
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