Adjuvant treatment for elderly patients with stage III colon cancer in the southern Netherlands is affected by socioeconomic status, gender, and comorbidity

Background:: Adjuvant 5-fluoruracil-based chemotherapy significantly decreases mortality among patients with stage III colon cancer, but is less prescribed with rising age. We were interested in the pattern of adjuvant treatment and possible effects on survival among elderly patients. Patients and m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of oncology 2005-05, Vol.16 (5), p.767-772
Hauptverfasser:	Lemmens, V. E. P. P., van Halteren, A. H., Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G., Vreugdenhil, G., Repelaer van Driel, O. J., Coebergh, J. W. W.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	adjuvant chemotherapy Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Antineoplastic agents Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences cancer registry Chemotherapy, Adjuvant Cohort Studies colon cancer Colorectal Neoplasms - drug therapy Colorectal Neoplasms - mortality Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology Colorectal Surgery - methods Comorbidity elderly Female Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Geriatric Assessment Humans Logistic Models Male Medical sciences Neoplasm Staging Netherlands Odds Ratio Pharmacology. Drug treatments Probability Prognosis Registries Risk Assessment Sex Factors Socioeconomic Factors Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus survival Survival Analysis Treatment Outcome Tumors
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