Effect of age on survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly stage III colon cancer patients: a population-based analysis

Authors :: Brian S. Seal
Michael A. Choti
N. Obeidat
T. Rapp
Naimish Pandya
Ilene H. Zuckerman
Amy J. Davidoff
Ebere Onukwugha
C. D. Mullins
James F. Gardner
Source :: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26:4014-4014
Publication Year :: 2008
Publisher :: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2008.
Abstract: 4014 Background: Although sociodemographic disparities in colon cancer (CC) treatment (tx) have been documented, less attention has focused on age disparities. We estimated the modifying effect of ...

Subjects :: Oncology
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Colorectal cancer
Adjuvant chemotherapy
education
Population based
medicine.disease
Stage III Colon Cancer
body regions
fluids and secretions
Survival benefit
Internal medicine
parasitic diseases
medicine
business

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