Effect of the duration of the capecitabine regimen following colon cancer surgery in an elderly population: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Only 50–70% of elderly colon cancer patients could complete the recommended 6 months of postoperative chemotherapy. It is unknown whether a shorter duration of postoperative capecitabine-alone chemotherapy would compromise survival. We thus conducted this study to analyze the ass...

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Main Authors: Weiwei Chen, Hongmin Dong, Gang Wang, Juan Chen, Wenling Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-021-02348-6