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SUBMITTER: Feliu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8749992 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feliu Jaime J Espinosa Enrique E Basterretxea Laura L Paredero Irene I Llabrés Elisenda E Jiménez-Munárriz Beatriz B Antonio-Rebollo Maite M Losada Beatriz B Pinto Alvaro A Custodio Ana Belén AB Del Mar Muñoz María M Gómez-Mediavilla Jenifer J Torregrosa María-Dolores MD Soler Gema G Cruz Patricia P Higuera Oliver O Molina-Garrido María-José MJ
Cancers 20211228 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>To identify risk factors for toxicity, unplanned hospitalization (UH) and early death (ED) in older patients with colorectal carcinoma (CRC) initiating chemotherapy.<h4>Methods</h4>215 patients over 70 years were prospectively included. Geriatric assessment was performed before treatment, and tumor and treatment variables were collected. The association between these factors and grade 3-5 toxicity, UH and ED (<6 months) was examined by using multivariable logistic regression. Sco ...[more]