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Table 2 Selection criteria

From: PREDOMOS study, impact of a social intervention program for socially isolated elderly cancer patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

- Patient aged 70 years or older

- Socially isolated or at risk of social isolation (m-MOS-SS under 80% [13] and/or isolated patient (caregiver living more than 50 km from the patient) and/or primary caregiver to his/her spouse [the spouse who has a limited autonomy (neurodegenerative disease, cancer, etc.] implying regular medical care for at least 3 months)

- G8 score ≤14

- Performance status ≤2

- Autonomous (ADL score ≥4)

- Life span >6 months

- Metastatic or locally advanced tumor histologically proven from: colon, rectum, pancreas, breast, ovary, lung, superior aerodigestive path, prostate, urothelium

- Being treated for first line of chemotherapy or radio-chemotherapy

- Patient affiliated to the French care system protection

- Informed consent given

Exclusion criteria

- Patient aged under 70 years old

- Patient who has to be hospitalized straight away

- Patient with psychiatric troubles or advanced dementia

- Protected adults under guardianship or curatorship

- Patients with a second cancer except for cervical cancer

- Patients unable to complete the QoL questionnaire without help

- Patient to be directed immediately into a rehabilitation and recuperative care service to benefit from treatment.