The principles of chemotherapy of colorectal cancer in elderly.
Adv Gerontol
; 20(4): 75-8, 2007.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18383715
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) increases significantly with age, with 40% of patients in Europe being older than 74 years of age at the time of initial diagnosis. The individualized management of the older-aged patient with cancer is based on the answers to the following questions 1) will the patient die of cancer or with cancer; 2) will the patient suffer cancer-related morbidity; and 3) is the patient able to handle the toxicity of treatment? More than chronological age, the following parameters are important when elderly patients are to be treated with antineoplastic agents general condition, liver function, kidney function and bone marrow status. Frail elderly with malignant disease should not be treated with cytostatic therapy. In the case of fit elderly, the standard chemotherapy (i.e. FOLFOX) regimen could be administered. In elderly ineligible for combination chemotherapy, the capecitabine used orally, as a single-agent therapy, is an important therapeutic option for colorectal cancer.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Colorectal Neoplasms
/
Antineoplastic Agents
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
/
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Adv Gerontol
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article