Abstract
Older patients with cancer are at increased risk of sarcopenia. The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP)2 proposed criteria for case-finding, diagnosis and severity assessment of sarcopenia. The aim was to estimate the prevalence of each criteria: an abnormal SARC-F [Strength, Assistance with walking, Rising from a chair, Climbing stairs, and Falls] questionnaire, low handgrip strength (HGS), low arm circumference (AC, substitute for muscle mass), low physical performance (PP; abnormal timed up-and-go test [TUG] or incapable), and their predictive value for 6-month mortality in older cancer patients, overall and by metastatic status.
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