Geriatric screening in older adults with cancer - A Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology and Nursing & Allied Health Interest Group initiative.

Aging is associated with progressive decline in the functional reserves of multiple organs resulting in increased vulnerability to stress [1] and is the strongest non-modifiable risk factor for developing cancer. Furthermore, most new cancer diagnoses and cancer deaths occur in adults 65 years or older [2]. Chronological age itself has shown poor correlation routine oncology clinic visit [4]. Being able to "stage the aging" approprisidered the gold standard method to identify frailty [5], however,