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Do we make progress in elderly patients with metastatic colorectal cancer?
- Source :
- Acta Oncologica; Nov2018, Vol. 57 Issue 11, p1422-1426, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The article offers information on the complication in the optimal treatment for cancer in the elders related to with metastatic colorectal cancer. It mentions the conclusion from retrospective analyses of clinical trials that elderly patients do as well as younger patients in terms of similar benefits and have similar toxicity from chemotherapy.
- Subjects :
- THERAPEUTIC use of antimetabolites
ELDER care
GERIATRIC assessment
CANCER chemotherapy
CENTENARIANS
COMBINATION drug therapy
DOSE-effect relationship in pharmacology
COLON tumors
METASTASIS
SERIAL publications
COMORBIDITY
RECTUM tumors
OXALIPLATIN
TREATMENT effectiveness
BEVACIZUMAB
INDIVIDUALIZED medicine
IRINOTECAN
OLD age
PROGNOSIS
GENETICS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0284186X
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Acta Oncologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133774500
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2018.1535189