Research progress in frailty assessment of elderly multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma(MM)is a malignant tumor of blood system that occurs in middle-aged and elderly patients.Because of frailty and complications,the elderly population is highly heterogeneous,showing different toler-ance and ability to benefit from treatment,which poses a great challenge to the treatment of elderly multiple myeloma.At present,it is considered that the risk stratification of elderly patients through frailty assessment is the main strategy to realize individualized treatment.However,the frailty assessment model of elderly multiple myeloma in China has not yet been established.The definitions of elderly and frail patients and the opinions of guiding treatment with frailty as-sessment tools are still not uniform.This article reviews the global definitions of elderly and frail patients,the research progress of frailty assessment tools in multiple myeloma and their guiding treatment.
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