Chemotherapy Use and Survival Among Young and Middle-Aged Patients With Colon Cancer

2017131 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Janna Manjelievskaia · Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Derek W. Brown · Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Katherine A. McGlynn · Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

William Anderson · Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

Craig D. Shriver · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Kangmin Zhu · Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Abstract

In an equal-access health care system, we found potential overuse of chemotherapy among young and middle-aged adults with colon cancer. The addition of postoperative systemic chemotherapy did not result in matched survival improvement.

Topics & Keywords

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Surgery

Volume 152, Issue 5, pp. 452-452

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.5050

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