How is Frailty Defined in Multiple Myeloma?

HealthTree University: Geriatric Care and Myeloma

How is frailty defined in multiple myeloma? Your frailty score can determine what treatments you can get as well as affect the dosage for various treatments. Find out how a frailty score is collected and used in the videos below. You can watch the entire course on HealthTree University.

39.01    How is frailty defined? What does it mean to be fit, intermediate-fit, frail?

39.02    How is a frailty score determined?

39.03    Are frailty scores being used in clinical trials? How?

39.04    What is personalized fitness-based care?

We’d like to thank our faculty who donated their time in creating these videos, including:

• Shakira Grant, MBBS

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• Myeloma Basics Part 1
• Myeloma Basics Part 2
• Myeloma Basics Part 3
• Myeloma Care Basics
• Building Your Healthcare Team
• Becoming an Empowered Patient
• Starting Myeloma Treatment
• Know Your Therapy
• Know Your Labs: Blood and Urine Testing in Myeloma
• Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (ASCT)
• Precursor Conditions
• Relapsed and Refractory MM Treatment
• Classes of Drugs
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• Myeloma Bone Disease
• Imaging in Myeloma
• MRD Testing
• Basic Genetics and Cancer Biology
• Myeloma Genetics
• Types of Genetic Testing in Myeloma
• Specific Myeloma Genetics Mutations and Risk
• Precision Medicine
• Financial Advice for Myeloma Patients and Their Families
• Geriatric Care and Myeloma
• Myeloma Kidney Disease
• Amyloidosis
• Myeloma Basics (Spanish)
• COVID-19 and Multiple Myeloma
• Complementary and Integrated Therapy
• Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
• Survivorship
• Clinical Trials
• Understanding Basic Blood tests
• Myeloma Vaccines