Clinical and therapeutic features and prognostic factors of metastatic colorectal cancer over age 80: a retrospective study.

BMC Gastroenterol · 2021 · PMC8088714 · PMID 33933007

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The median OS of patients in the super-elderly group who received chemotherapy was 18.5 months, and that of patients in the younger group was 28.8 months, and the difference in median OS between the two groups was close to significance (P = 0.052).

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