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What's the G8 score and does it indicate an impaired screen?"},{"title":"Identifying patients needing full CGA","prompt":"Screen this 86-year-old oncology patient with the Bellera G8 tool: severe food intake decrease, weight loss greater than 3 kg, confined to bed or chair, mild neuropsychological problems, BMI less than 19, more than 3 medications, says their health is not as good as peers. Do they score ≤14 and need a comprehensive geriatric assessment?"},{"title":"Documenting G8 result in a tumor board note","prompt":"For our tumor board documentation, compute the G8 geriatric score for a patient aged 83: moderate food intake decline, no weight loss, mobile and goes out, no neuropsychological problems, BMI between 19 and 21, does NOT take more than 3 medications, and rates health as better than peers. Give me the numeric score so I can note it in the chart."}],"resultDescription":"Returns the numeric G8 total score (0–17, higher is better) and an indication of whether the score is ≤14, which constitutes an impaired screen suggesting further comprehensive geriatric assessment may be warranted.","failureModes":["Missing required query parameters (food_intake, weight_loss, mobility, neuropsychological, bmi, more_than_3_medications, health_vs_peers, age_band) returns a 4xx validation error","Invalid enum values for any parameter return a validation error","Caller supplies a numeric age or raw BMI value instead of the required band string — endpoint cannot convert these","Half-point for health_vs_peers 'unknown' value must be passed correctly as the string 'unknown'; rounding it to 0 or 1 will produce an incorrect score"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need to compute the validated Bellera 2012 G8 geriatric oncology screening score and the caller has already assessed the patient and assigned each of the eight categorical inputs. Prefer this over manual calculation to avoid arithmetic errors and to get a structured impaired-screen flag. Do not use this as a substitute for a full Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, the Soubeyran 2014 ONCODAGE tool, or VES-13; those are distinct instruments.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T06:56:42.099Z","isFirstParty":false}