Sim Shirlene (Orcid ID:0000-0001-5577-444X)Gibbs Simon (Orcid ID:0000-0002-1244-4106)Szer Jeff(0 rcid ID:0000-0001-6783-2301)Talaulikar Dipti (Orcid ID:0000-0001-6766-8345)Zannettino Andrew (Orcid ID:0000-0002-6646-6167)14Article type:POSITION PAPERTHE IMPORTANCE OF FRAILTY ASSESSMENT IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA:A POSITIONSTATEMENT FROM THE MYELOMA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY GROUP (MSAG)TOMYELOMA AUSTRALIA.Shirlene Sim1,Anna Kalff2,Gina Tuch3,Peter Mollee45,Joy Ho7,Simon Harrison.9,SimonGibbs10.11,H.Miles Prince12,Andrew Spencer2,Douglas Joshua.7,Cindy Lee13,SilviaLing14,Nick Murphy15,Ferenc Szabo16,Jeff Szer.9,Nicholas Weber17,Christopher Ward18,Dipti Talaulikar19,Andrew Zannettino20 and Hang Quach.9Department of Haematology,St Vincent's Hospital,Melbourne,Victoria,2Department ofHaematology,Alfred Hospital,Melbourne,Victoria,3Department of Geriatric Medicine,AlfredHealth,Melbourne,Victoria,Department of Haematology,Princess Alexandra Hospital,Queensland,5University of Queensland,Brisbane,Queensland,6Department ofHaematology,Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,Sydney,New South Wales,7University of Sydney,Sydney,New South Wales,Department of Haematology,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centreand The Royal Melbourne Hospital,Melbourne,Victoria,The University of Melbourne,Melbourne,Victoria,10Department of Haematology,Eastern Health,Melbourne,Victoria,11Monash University,Melbourne,Victoria,12Department of Haematology,Epworth Healthcare,Melbourne,Victoria,13Department of Clinical Haematology,Royal Adelaide Hospital,Adelaide,South Australia,14Department of Haematology,Liverpool Hospital,Sydney,NewSouth Wales,15Department of Clinical Haematology,Royal Hobart Hospital,Hobart,Tasmania,1Department of Haematology,Royal Darwin Hospital,Darwin,Northern Territory,17Department of Haematology,Royal Brisbane Hospital,Brisbane,Queensland,1Departmentof Haematology,Royal North Shore Hospital,Sydney,New South Wales,19Department ofHaematology,The Canberra Hospital,Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,20Department ofExperimental Haematology,University of Adelaide,Adelaide,South AustraliaCorresponding Author:Professor Hang QuachDepartment of Haematology,Level 3 Daly Wing,St.Vincent's Hospital Melboume,41Victoria Parade,Fitzroy VIC 3065,AustraliaT:+61392312030E:hang.quach@svha.org.auThis article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not beenthrough the copyediting,typesetting,pagination and proofreading process which may lead todifferences between this version and the Version of Record.Please cite this article as doi:10.1111/imj.16049This article is protected by copyright.All rights reserved.