A population-based study of metastatic colorectal cancer in individuals aged ≥80 years: Findings from the South Australian Clinical Registry for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 722-728

  Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Jain, Kunal ^a   Beeke, Carol ^a   Price, Timothy J ^b,c   Townsend, Amanda R ^b   Padbury, Rob ^a   Roder, David ^d   Young, Graeme P ^e   Richards, Alison ^a   Karapetis, Christos S ^a,f  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; colorectal cancer; geriatric; octogenarians; registry.; survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPECITABINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; MITOMYCIN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873344559     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27802     Document Type: Article

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