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ArticleAnnals of coloproctology2025

Oncologic outcomes and associated factors of colon cancer patients aged 70 years and older.

Byeo Lee Lim, In Ja Park, Jun-Soo Ro, Young Il Kim, Seok-Byung Lim, Chang Sik Yu

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Article in Annals of coloproctology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Byeo Lee LimDepartment of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
In Ja ParkDepartment of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jun-Soo RoBiomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Young Il KimDepartment of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seok-Byung LimDepartment of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Chang Sik YuDepartment of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea.

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purposeThe aim of this study was to examine the prognosis and associated risk factors, including adjuvant chemotherapy (CTx), in elderly patients with colon cancer.

methodsThis retrospective study included patients who underwent radical resection for colon cancer between January 2010 and December 2014 at Asan Medical Center. The effects of stage, risk factors, and chemotherapy on overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) were compared in patients aged ≥70 and <70 years.

resultsOf 3,313 patients, 933 (28.1%) was aged ≥70 years. Of the 1,921 patients indicated for adjuvant CTx, 1,294 of 1,395 patients (92.8%) aged <70 years and 369 of 526 patients (70.2%) aged ≥70 years received adjuvant CTx. Old age (≥70 years) was independently associated with RFS in overall cohort. Among patients aged ≥70 years indicated for adjuvant CTx, the 5-year OS (81.6% vs. 50.4%, P<0.001) and RFS (82.9% vs. 67.4%, P=0.025) rates were significantly higher in those who did than did not receive adjuvant CTx. Additionally, adjuvant CTx was confirmed as independent risk factor of both OS and RFS in patients aged ≥70 years indicated for adjuvant CTx.

conclusionOld age was associated with poor RFS and adjuvant CTx had benefits in OS as well as RFS in elderly patients eligible for adjuvant CTx.

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Adjuvant chemotherapyAgedColonic neoplasmsPrognosis

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PMCPMC12215319

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