The impact of frailty on treatment strategies and survival outcomes of vulvar cancer patients: a systematic review

Vasilios Pergialiotis, Maria Fanaki, Antonia Varthaliti, Vasilios Lygizos, Dimitrios Haidopoulos, Nikolaos Thomakos

Background: Vulvar cancer is an uncommon gynecologic malignancy that is usually manifested in older ages which have several comorbidities. Frail patients pose a significant subgroup in gynecologic oncology as frailty may affect treatment plans and result in significant reduction of survival outcomes. In the present systematic review we summarize current evidence focusing on the impact of frailty in vulvar cancer patients …