Ceiling Effect of International Myeloma Working Group Frailty Score in Real-World Population of Older Adults With Cancer

Carla T Williams; Cenk Yildirim; Mayuri Dharne; Maya M Abdallah; Jane A Driver; Nikhil C Munshi; Nathanael R Fillmore; Clark DuMontier

doi:10.1002/hon.70016

Ceiling Effect of International Myeloma Working Group Frailty Score in Real-World Population of Older Adults With Cancer

Hematol Oncol. 2025 Jan;43(1):e70016. doi: 10.1002/hon.70016.

Authors

Carla T Williams^{1

2

3}, Cenk Yildirim^{2

4

5}, Mayuri Dharne^{2

4

5}, Maya M Abdallah⁶, Jane A Driver^{1

7

8}, Nikhil C Munshi^{1

2

9}, Nathanael R Fillmore^{1

2

4

5

9}, Clark DuMontier^{1

2

7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ VA Boston Cooperative Studies Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ VA Boston Healthcare System, New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 39673104
DOI: 10.1002/hon.70016

No abstract available

Keywords: ceiling effect; frailty; geriatric assessment; multiple myeloma.

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