Large age and hospital-dependent variation in administration of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer in southern Netherlands
Background: The purpose was to assess factors associated with the administration of chemotherapy and their relation to survival at a population-based level. Methods: All patients diagnosed with primary colon cancer stage III from 2001 to 2007 in the area of the Eindhoven Cancer Registry were included ( N = 1637). We examined determinants of the administration of adjuvant chemotherapy and their relation to survival. Results: The proportion of patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy decreased with increasing age from 85% for patients <65 years to 68% for those 65–74 years and 17% for patient... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2010 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | gastrointestinal tumors |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26806088 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/21/6/1273 |
Background: The purpose was to assess factors associated with the administration of chemotherapy and their relation to survival at a population-based level. Methods: All patients diagnosed with primary colon cancer stage III from 2001 to 2007 in the area of the Eindhoven Cancer Registry were included ( N = 1637). We examined determinants of the administration of adjuvant chemotherapy and their relation to survival. Results: The proportion of patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy decreased with increasing age from 85% for patients <65 years to 68% for those 65–74 years and 17% for patients ≥75 years, with large interhospital variation. Elderly patients