The vulnerable elders survey-13 predicts mortality in older adults with later-stage colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy: A prospective pilot study

摘要

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the Western world. Almost half of all CRC cases occur in individuals aged 70 and older, but the data regarding treatment are largely focused on individuals younger than 65, even though studies suggest that older adults with CRC derive benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy equivalent or nearly equivalent to that of younger individuals.2'3 Older adults form a heterogeneous group, and physiological fitness is weakly correlated with chronological age; criteria other than age should help form the basis for treatment decisions.