Trends in presentation, treatment and survival of 1777 patients with colorectal cancer over a decade: a Biobank study.

Eetu HeerväAnu CarpelanSamu KurkiJari SundströmHeikki HuhtinenArto RantalaAnnika ÅlgarsRaija RistamäkiOlli CarpénHeikki Minn

Published in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2017)

Organizational changes in the treatment of CRC patients made since 2004 coincide with improved survival in CRC and a marked reduction in locally advanced rectal cancers. The clinical presentation of CRC has remained similar between 2001 and 2012.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
end stage renal disease
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
radiation therapy
clinical trial
prognostic factors
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
lymph node
study protocol
open label
patient reported
double blind