Prospective comparison between geriatric assessment and clinical evaluation in 200 newly diagnosed older adults with multiple myeloma

doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102329

. 2025 Aug 9;16(7):102329.

doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102329. Online ahead of print.

Prospective comparison between geriatric assessment and clinical evaluation in 200 newly diagnosed older adults with multiple myeloma

Jolien Raddoux¹, Cindy Kenis², Anneleen Vanhellemont¹, Stef Meers³, Philippe Mineur⁴, Marie-Christiane Vekemans⁵, Ka Lung Wu⁶, Jo Caers⁷, Koen Van Eygen⁸, Alain Kentos⁹, Julien Depaus¹⁰, Natalie Put¹¹, Ann Van De Velde¹², Géraldine Claes¹³, Philip Vlummens¹⁴, Vincent Maertens¹⁵, Nathalie Meuleman¹⁶, Isabelle Vande Broek¹⁷, Mélanie Vaes¹⁸, Karel Fostier¹⁹, Hilde Demuynck²⁰, Michel Delforge²¹

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¹ Department of hematology, UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg, Belgium.
² Department of General Medical Oncology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Geriatric Medicine, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of hematology, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium.
⁴ Department of hematology, GHdC Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.
⁵ Department of hematology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁶ Department of hematology, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom, Antwerpen, Belgium.
⁷ Department of hematology, CHU Liège, Liège, Belgium.
⁸ Department of hematology, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium.
⁹ Department of hematology, Hôpital de Jolimont, Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of hematology, CHU UCL Namur, Godinne, Belgium.
¹¹ Department of hematology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.
¹² Department of hematology, Heilig Hartziekenhuis Lier, Lier, Belgium.
¹³ Department of hematology, EpiCURA, Hornu, Belgium.
¹⁴ Department of hematology, UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium.
¹⁵ Department of hematology, Imelda ziekenhuis, Bonheiden, Belgium.
¹⁶ Department of hematology, Institut Jules Bordet, Anderlecht, Belgium.
¹⁷ Department of hematology, VITAZ, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
¹⁸ Department of hematology, CHU Tivoli, La Louvière, Belgium.
¹⁹ Department of hematology, UZ Brussel, Brussel, Belgium.
²⁰ Department of oncology-hematology, Jan Yperman ziekenhuis, Ieper, Belgium.
²¹ Department of hematology, UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg, Belgium. Electronic address: Michel.delforge@uzleuven.be.

PMID: 40784302
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102329

Prospective comparison between geriatric assessment and clinical evaluation in 200 newly diagnosed older adults with multiple myeloma

Jolien Raddoux et al. J Geriatr Oncol. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 9;16(7):102329.

doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102329. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of hematology, UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg, Belgium.
² Department of General Medical Oncology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Geriatric Medicine, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of hematology, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium.
⁴ Department of hematology, GHdC Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.
⁵ Department of hematology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁶ Department of hematology, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom, Antwerpen, Belgium.
⁷ Department of hematology, CHU Liège, Liège, Belgium.
⁸ Department of hematology, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium.
⁹ Department of hematology, Hôpital de Jolimont, Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of hematology, CHU UCL Namur, Godinne, Belgium.
¹¹ Department of hematology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.
¹² Department of hematology, Heilig Hartziekenhuis Lier, Lier, Belgium.
¹³ Department of hematology, EpiCURA, Hornu, Belgium.
¹⁴ Department of hematology, UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium.
¹⁵ Department of hematology, Imelda ziekenhuis, Bonheiden, Belgium.
¹⁶ Department of hematology, Institut Jules Bordet, Anderlecht, Belgium.
¹⁷ Department of hematology, VITAZ, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
¹⁸ Department of hematology, CHU Tivoli, La Louvière, Belgium.
¹⁹ Department of hematology, UZ Brussel, Brussel, Belgium.
²⁰ Department of oncology-hematology, Jan Yperman ziekenhuis, Ieper, Belgium.
²¹ Department of hematology, UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg, Belgium. Electronic address: Michel.delforge@uzleuven.be.

PMID: 40784302
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102329

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Keywords: Geriatric assessment; Geriatric screening; Multiple myeloma.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Prof. Dr. Michel Delforge reports financial support was provided by University Hospitals Leuven. Prof. Dr. Michel Delforge reports a relationship with University Hospitals Leuven that includes: consulting or advisory and speaking and lecture fees. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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