ReviewCancers2023
The Five "Ws" of Frailty Assessment and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Who, What, Where, Why, and When.
Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cardiovascular Challenges in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Patients Undergoing Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Inhibitor Therapy.European journal of haematology · 2026Pooled it
- Letter to the Editor: The 5WH framework: A practical tool for addressing symptoms.Future healthcare journal · 2026Article
- Fitness beyond age: Multidisciplinary expert opinion on redefining fitness for targeted therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.HemaSphere · 2026Article
- Fitness in CLL.Cancers · 2026Review
- Rethinking the feasibility and safety of venetoclaxobinutuzumab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: nontraditional factors may play a role in clinical practice.Haematologica · 2026Article
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Care and Beyond: Navigating the Needs of Long-Term Survivors.Cancers · 2025Review
- Editorial: Elderly patients and lymphoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a disease of the elderly, but chronological age does not accurately discriminate frailty status at the inter-individual level. Frailty describes a person's overall resilience. Since CLL is a stressful situation, it is relevant to assess the patient´s degree of frailty, especially before starting antineoplastic treatment. We are in the era of targeted therapies, which have helped to control the disease more effectively and avoid the toxicity of chemo (immuno) therapy. However, these drugs are not free of side effects and other aspects arise that should not be neglected, such as interactions, previous comorbidities, or adherence to treatment, since most of these medications are taken continuously. The challenge we face is to balance the risk of toxicity and efficacy in a personalized way and without forgetting that the most frequent cause of death in CLL is related to the disease. For this purpose, comprehensive geriatric assessment (GA) provides us with the opportunity to evaluate multiple domains that may affect tolerance to treatment and that could be improved with appropriate interventions. In this review, we will analyze the state of the art of GA in CLL through the five Ws.
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