Grant received in 2021
DCCC has funded 197,874 DKK to the project
Patients with bladder cancer are often older with multiple comorbidities, and thus have an increased risk of complications in relation to cancer surgery. Previous studies on other oncological treatments have shown a positive effect of geriatric interventions and multidisciplinary collaboration. However, the effect of interventions in patients with bladder cancer undergoing surgery has not previously been systematically studied.
We apply for funding to prepare a national study aiming to
1) validate a recently developed Danish frailty screening tool (DEN-GER) in patients with bladder cancer. We aim to investigate whether DEN-GER is able to identify patients with potentially modifiable health issues, expected to benefit from geriatric interventions in relation to planned cancer surgery.
2) investigate the effect of perioperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assesment (CGA) and intervention in older, frail patients with bladder cancer facing extensive cancer surgery (radical cystectomy).
Multidisciplinary organisation
The study is based in the Danish Research Center for Cancer Surgery: ACROBATIC, with a commitment from the Danish Bladder Cancer Group (DBCC)
Project stakeholders
Department of Urology, Aarhus University Hospital, Central Region Denmark
- Bente Thoft Jensen, RN, MPH, Ph.D.
Department og Geriatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Central Region Denmark
- Katharina Skovhus Prior, MD
- Marianne Ørum, MD, consultant, Ph.D.
- Catherine Hauerslev Foss, MD, consultant, Ph.D.
Department of Urology, Herlev Hospital, Capital Region Denmark
- Gitte Wrist Lam, MD, consultant, head of bladder cancer team
Department of Clinical Medicine, Herlev Hospital, Capital Region Denmark
- Cecilia M Lund, MD, consultant, Ph.D.
Department of Urology, Aalborg University Hospital, North Region Denmark
- Knud Fabrin, MD, consultant
Department of Geriatrics, Aalborg University Hospital, North Region Denmark
- Stig Andersen, MD, consultant, Ph.D., prof.
Department of Urology, Odense University Hospital, Region of Southern Denmark
- Thor Knak Jensen, MD, consultant
Department of Geriatrics, Odense University Hospital, Region of Southern Denmark
- Jesper Ryg, MD, consultant, Ph.D., prof.
Department of Urology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Capital Region Denmark
- Ulla Nordström Joensen, MD, Ph.D.