Timing of adjuvant chemotherapy initiation and mortality among colon cancer patients at a safety-net health system

Timing of adjuvant chemotherapy initiation and mortality among colon cancer patients at a safety-net health system

Abstract Background Prior studies reported survival benefits from early initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer, but this evidence was derived from studies that may be sensitive to time-related biases. Therefore, we aimed to estimate the effect of initiating adjuvant chemother...

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Main Authors: Yan Lu, Aaron W. Gehr, Rachel J. Meadows, Bassam Ghabach, Latha Neerukonda, Kalyani Narra, Rohit P. Ojha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Adjuvant chemotherapy
Timing
colon cancer
Quality of care
Prognosis
Mortality
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09688-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09688-w

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