Oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines as adjuvant therapy for colon cancer in older patients: A subgroup analysis from the TOSCA trial

S. Lonardi, F. Galli, M. Di Bartolomeo, Monica Ronzoni, Maria G. Zampino, M. Banzi, Silvia Bozzarelli, Silvio K. Garattini, F. Galli, Anna M. Bochicchio, Alfonso De Stefano, G. Rosati, R. V. Iaffaioli, G. Nasti, V. Zagonel, A. Romiti, L. Ciuffreda, D. Ferrari, A. Zaniboni, A. SobreroM. Cazzaniga, G. D. Beretta, L. Giustini, S. Cascinu, M. Giordano, M. Moroni, A. Nuzzo, S. Gori, G. Farina, M. Aglietta, R. Franchi, G. Tonini, E. Bucci, A. Ballestrero, R. R. Silva, L. Cozzi, E. Maiello, N. Silvestris, A. Santoro, R. Mattioli, M. D'Amico, D. Amadori, A. Ravaioli, M. Faedi, L. Gianni, L. Pavesi, C. Carlomagno, E. Greco, E. Rulli, F. Galli, D. Poli, L. Porcu, Gerardo Rosati, V. Torri

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Abstract

Background: Previous studies on oxaliplatin and fluoropyrimidines as adjuvant therapy in older patients with stage III colon cancer (CC) produced conflicting results. Patients and methods: We assessed the impact of age on time to tumour recurrence (TTR), disease-free survival (DFS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and overall survival (OS) in 2360 patients with stage III CC (1667 aged
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)190-201
Number of pages12
JournalEur. J. Cancer
Volume148
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2021

Keywords

  • Adjuvant chemotherapy
  • Colon cancer
  • Compliance
  • Older patients
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Prognostic factors

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