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

Publication

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

Journal Paper/Review - Apr 25, 2023

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

Citation

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

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

World J Surg 2023

Publication Date

Apr 25, 2023

Issn Electronic

1432-2323

Brief description/objective

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.