Lei Shen1, Ke Meng1, Yifei Wang2, Xiangli Yu3, Ping Wang4, Xiaomei Zhang1. 1. Department of Gastroenterology, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. 2. Medical Big-data Research Center, Medical Innovation Research Division, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. 3. Outpatient Department, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. 4. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: As the population ages, the number of elderly patients with colorectal cancer is increasing year by year. However, older people have rarely been the focus of studies on colorectal cancer. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to carry out a retrospective analysis of this patient subgroup. METHODS: A retrospective study of clinical data of patients aged over 80 years who died from colorectal cancer in our hospital between 1993 and 2020 was performed. Logistic regression, the Kaplan-Meier method, and a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model were used to analyze the overall survival and treatment outcomes of the patients. RESULTS: A total of 87 patients were included in the study. The overall median survival was 45 months. In most patients, the primary lesion was located in the right colon. One-quarter of the patients refused to accept any treatment. Patients with stage IV tumors, who accounted for the largest proportion of the study population, displayed a higher rate of abandoning treatment than did patients of other stages. Almost all patients with stages II and III accepted surgery. Patients who underwent surgery to treat their colorectal cancer had longer survival than those who did not. CONCLUSIONS: Old age should not be a reason for giving up treatment for colorectal cancer. The treatment of colorectal cancer patients aged 80 years and above requires individualized evaluation and more aggressive treatment to achieve greater benefits. 2021 Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: As the population ages, the number of elderly patients with colorectal cancer is increasing year by year. However, older people have rarely been the focus of studies on colorectal cancer. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to carry out a retrospective analysis of this patient subgroup. METHODS: A retrospective study of clinical data of patients aged over 80 years who died from colorectal cancer in our hospital between 1993 and 2020 was performed. Logistic regression, the Kaplan-Meier method, and a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model were used to analyze the overall survival and treatment outcomes of the patients. RESULTS: A total of 87 patients were included in the study. The overall median survival was 45 months. In most patients, the primary lesion was located in the right colon. One-quarter of the patients refused to accept any treatment. Patients with stage IV tumors, who accounted for the largest proportion of the study population, displayed a higher rate of abandoning treatment than did patients of other stages. Almost all patients with stages II and III accepted surgery. Patients who underwent surgery to treat their colorectal cancer had longer survival than those who did not. CONCLUSIONS: Old age should not be a reason for giving up treatment for colorectal cancer. The treatment of colorectal cancer patients aged 80 years and above requires individualized evaluation and more aggressive treatment to achieve greater benefits. 2021 Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. All rights reserved.
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