Changing treatment patterns in elderly patients with resectable colon cancer

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-272

  Kim, Gun Min ^a   Ahn, Joong Bae ^a   Rha, Sun Young ^a   Kim, Han Sang ^a   Kang, Beodeul ^a   Kim, Min Whan ^a   Choi, Soo Yeon ^c   Roh, Jae Kyung ^a   Chung, Hyun Cheol ^a   Kim, Nam Kyu ^b   Shin, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Elderly; Prognosis; Resectable; Treatment pattern

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; OXALIPLATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLORECTAL CANCER; ELDERLY; PROGNOSIS; RESECTABLE; TREATMENT PATTERN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882571845     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajco.12042     Document Type: Article

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