Postoperative chemotherapy improves survival in patients with resected high‐risk Stage II colorectal cancer: results of a systematic review and meta‐analysis

C Simillis, H Singh, T Afxentiou, S Mills… - Colorectal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim was to assess the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in high‐risk Stage II
colorectal cancer. Method A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis was performed …

Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly colorectal cancer patients

B Glimelius, E Osterman - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The value of adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients has been the subject of many
overviews, with opinions varying from “not effective”, since randomized trials have not been …

Differences in prognosis and underuse of adjuvant chemotherapy between elderly and non‐elderly patients in stage III colorectal cancer

T Shiraishi, H Ogawa, I Shioi, N Ozawa… - Annals of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We aimed to clarify the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and the prognosis of elderly
colorectal cancer patients compared with non‐elderly patients, and the usefulness of …

Oxaliplatin-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer: An ACCENT/IDEA Pooled Analysis of 12 Trials

C Gallois, Q Shi, LD Pederson, T André… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE A number of studies suggest that older patients may have reduced or no benefit
from the addition of oxaliplatin to fluoropyrimidines as adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III …

Impact of age on toxicity and efficacy of 5-FU-based combination chemotherapy among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer; a pooled analysis of five …

O Abdel-Rahman, H Karachiwala - International Journal of Colorectal …, 2019 - Springer
Objective To assess the impact of age on toxicity and efficacy outcomes of metastatic
colorectal cancer treated with 5FU-based combination chemotherapy. Methods Project Data …

Immunoscore clinical utility to identify good prognostic colon cancer stage II patients with high-risk clinico-pathological features for whom adjuvant treatment may be …

J Galon, F Hermitte, B Mlecnik, F Marliot, CB Bifulco… - 2019 - ascopubs.org
487 Background: Immunoscore Colon is an IVD test predicting the risk of relapse in early-
stage colon cancer (CC) patients, by measuring the host immune response at the tumor site …

Comorbidities, timing of treatments, and chemotherapy use influence outcomes in stage III colon cancer: a population-based European study

P Minicozzi, M Vicentini, K Innos, C Castro… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction For stage III colon cancer (CC), surgery followed by chemotherapy is the main
curative approach, although optimum times between diagnosis and surgery, and surgery …

Age-related differences in progression patterns, follow-up strategies, and postoperative outcomes in locally advanced rectal cancer: insights from a large-scale …

Y Yu, H Wu, J Qiu, L Hong, S Wu… - Therapeutic …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) presents significant treatment
challenges, particularly as patient age may influence disease progression and treatment …

Treatment of Glioblastoma in the Elderly

RA Harrison, JF de Groot - Drugs & Aging, 2018 - Springer
Clinical research in neuro-oncology frequently classifies patients over 60–70 years of age
as 'elderly', a designation intended to identify patients with the disease characteristics …

Adjuvant chemotherapy does not provide survival benefits to elderly patients with stage II colon cancer

K Lee, JW Park, K Lee, S Cho, YH Kwon, MJ Kim… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
To date, the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection in patients with stage II
colon cancer remains controversial. Still, little is known about the effects of adjuvant …