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2015 Update on cancer

OBG Management. 2015 October;27(10):14-17,44
October 1, 2015|OBG Management
Marguerite Palisoul, MD;David G. Mutch, MD
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Dr. Palisoul is Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, at Washington University School of Medicine in 
St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Mutch is Ira C. and 
Judith Gall Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Vice Chair of Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He serves on the OBG Management Board of Editors

The authors report no financial relationships relevant to this article.

When the cancer patient is elderly, how do you weigh the risks of surgery?

IN THIS ARTICLE

  • Preoperative
 risk-assessment 
strategies
  • The 11-item
 modified 
Functional Index
  • Using the
 Functional Index 
in practice

What this EVIDENCE 
means for practiceBesides conducting a baseline life-expectancy assessment, providers should incorporate multidimensional methods of risk assessment for elderly patients for a more accurate estimation of surgery tolerance.

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