Occurrence and Characteristics of Hospitalizations During First-Line Chemotherapy Among Individuals with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.
Michael Jordan FischMichael GrabnerDaniel S MytelkaAmit D RavalLee BowmanDavid M KernCollin ChurchillJoseph SingerStewart WetmoreJohn BarronMichael EleffPublished in: Cancer management and research (2020)
Approximately 40% of patients with mCRC were hospitalized during the study period. Hospital stays were typically short. Further research is needed to determine how many of these hospitalizations may be avoidable. We also observed a large amount of variation in regimens used in the first-line setting.