Adjuvant treatment in older patients with rectal cancer: a population-based review.

Conclusions: Regardless of age, patients with larc seem to experience a survival benefit with adj. However, older patients are less likely to receive adj, and when they do, they experience more chemotherapy-related toxicities.
PMID: 30607116 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Current Oncology - January 5, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Curr Oncol Source Type: research