The Impact of Age in the Treatment of Non-comorbid Patients with Rectal Cancer: Survival Outcomes from the National Cancer Database.

Publikation

The Impact of Age in the Treatment of Non-comorbid Patients with Rectal Cancer: Survival Outcomes from the National Cancer Database.

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 25.04.2023

Erdem Suna, Warschkow Rene, Studer Peter, Tsai Catherine, Nussbaum Daniel P, Schmied Bruno, Blazer Dan G, Worni Mathias

Zitation

Erdem S, Warschkow R, Studer P, Tsai C, Nussbaum D, Schmied B, Blazer D, Worni M. The Impact of Age in the Treatment of Non-comorbid Patients with Rectal Cancer: Survival Outcomes from the National Cancer Database. World J Surg 2023

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

World J Surg 2023

Veröffentlichungsdatum

25.04.2023

eISSN (Online)

1432-2323

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

Multimodal therapy has improved survival outcomes for rectal cancer (RC) significantly with an exemption for older patients. We sought to assess whether older non-comorbid patients receive substandard oncological treatment for localized RC referring to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines and whether it affects survival outcomes.