Cancer Surgery in the Elderly

Table 1

Preoperative assessment of cancer in the elderly (PACE): a comprehensive assessment of underlying characteristics of elderly cancer patients prior to elective surgery.

First author	Name of test	Abbreviation	[Ref]
Satariano	Satariano’s modified index of comorbidities	SIC	[31]
Folstein	Mini-mental state	MMS	[32]
Katz	Activities of daily living	ADL	[33]
Lawton	Instrumental activities of daily living	IADL	[34]
Yesavage	Geriatric depression scale	GDS	[35]
Mendoza	Brief fatigue inventory	BFI	[36]
Oken	ECOG performance status	PS	[37]
ASA	American Society of Anesthesiologists’ grade	ASA	[38, 39]