Colon cancer (CC) is a disease of elderly patients (pts.) with a median age of 73 years (yrs.). Lack of data about the effects of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) is caused… Click to show full abstract
Colon cancer (CC) is a disease of elderly patients (pts.) with a median age of 73 years (yrs.). Lack of data about the effects of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) is caused by underrepresentation of this clinically relevant cohort in interventional trials. We analyzed real‐world data from the German CPP registry with regard to a possible benefit of ACT in elderly (70+ yrs.) versus younger pts. (50 to <70 yrs.) taking cause‐specific deaths into account.
               
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