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Research Studies is a monthly compilation of research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers and recently published in journals or newsletters.
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Tong L, Ahn C, Symanski E
Effects of newly developed chemotherapy regimens, comorbidities, chemotherapy-related toxicities on the changing patterns of the leading causes of death in elderly patients with colorectal cancer.
This study examined the effects of newly developed chemotherapy regimens, comorbidities, and chemotherapy-related toxicities on the changing patterns of the leading causes of death in elderly patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). It found that the risks of CRC-specific death decreased with diagnostic time periods only in chemotherapy recipients.
AHRQ-funded; HS018956
Citation:
Tong L, Ahn C, Symanski E .
Effects of newly developed chemotherapy regimens, comorbidities, chemotherapy-related toxicities on the changing patterns of the leading causes of death in elderly patients with colorectal cancer.
Ann Oncol. 2014 Jun;25(6):1234-42. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu131..
Keywords:
Elderly, Mortality, Treatments, Medicare