Adjuvant treatments do not alter the quality of life in elderly patients with colorectal cancer: A population-based study

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 879-886

  Bouvier, Anne Marie ^a,b,e   Jooste, Valérie ^a,b   Bonnetain, Franck ^c   Cottet, Vanessa ^a,b   Bizollon, Marie Hélène ^d   Bernard, Marie Pierre ^a,b   Faivre, Jean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c French Speaking Federation of Digestive Oncology   (France)

^d Pathology Anatomy and Cytology Laboratory   (France)

^e Chu   (France)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatments; Colorectal cancer; Elderly; Quality of life; Registry

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES;

EID: 50249128823     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23629     Document Type: Article

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