Multidisciplinary Team Meeting dedicated to geriatric oncology: Decisions and four month follow-up

Introduction > MTDM dedicated to geriatric oncology are held at the E. Herriot hospital in Lyon. They bring together oncologist and geriatrician to optimize, through their complementary expertise, the care plan for elderly cancer patients. The aim is to demonstrate the value of these MTDMs and to describe the follow-up of oncological and geriatric recommendations. Methods > This is a descriptive, prospective, non-interventional study analyzing the MTDMs dedicated to patients over 70 years old with cancer. All patients underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) with a four-month follow-up. Results > One hundred twenty-one patients were included with a G8 score <= 14 (93 %), a slightly diminishing independence ADL < 6 (36%) and IADL < 4 (42%). The median CIRS-G is eight with on average, three geriatric syndromes/patient. Most cancers are non-metastatic. When oncological treatment is recommended (80 %), it is mostly curative (58 %). Geriatric recommendations were made for 75 % of patients. At four months, four patients were lost to follow-up and 34 died. No significant change in the dependency level was found. In 75 % of cases, at least one geriatric recommendation were followed and 77 % of oncological recommendations. Conclusion > The recommendations could be followed at four months; they were carried out in a comparable way whether they were oncological or geriatric. These MTDMs specializing in geriatric oncology appear to be beneficial in the geriatric oncology decision-making process. It is important to continue and strengthen this co-management.