Experts from the University's School of Medicine have revealed that the Cancer Aging Research Group (CARG) score—a tool used to estimate the risk of severe chemotherapy-related side effects for patients—is not robust when used in an older U.K. population.
Cancer tool 'unable to accurately predict' toxicity levels in older UK patients retrieved 6 September 2024 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-cancer-tool-unable-accurately-toxicity.html
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