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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Impact of Age and Comorbidity on Multimodal Management and Survival from Colorectal Cancer: A Population-Based Study.

Ilmo Kellokumpu, Matti Kairaluoma, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, Henrik Kellokumpu, Ville Väyrynen, Erkki-Ville Wirta, Eero Sihvo, Teijo Kuopio, Toni T Seppälä

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ilmo KellokumpuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland.
Matti KairaluomaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-4258-4991
Jukka-Pekka MecklinDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland.
Henrik KellokumpuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland.
Ville VäyrynenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland.
Erkki-Ville WirtaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, 33521 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2255-6136
Eero SihvoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland.
Teijo KuopioDepartment of Pathology, Central Finland Hospital Nova, 40620 Jyväskylä, Finland.
Toni T SeppäläDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4940-3498
Central Finland Health Care District · FITampere University Hospital · FITurku University Hospital · FIUniversity of Helsinki · FI

Funding

Academy of Finland iCAN precision medicine flagshipEmil Aaltosen SäätiöInstrumentariumin TiedesäätiöJane ja Aatos Erkon SäätiöSigrid Juséliuksen SäätiöSuomen Lääketieteen SäätiöSyöpäsäätiö
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective population-based study examined the impact of age and comorbidity burden on multimodal management and survival from colorectal cancer (CRC). From 2000 to 2015, 1479 consecutive patients, who underwent surgical resection for CRC, were reviewed for age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (ACCI) including 19 well-defined weighted comorbidities. The impact of ACCI on multimodal management and survival was compared between low (score 0-2), intermediate (score 3) and high ACCI (score ≥ 4) groups. Changes in treatment from 2000 to 2015 were seen next to a major increase of laparoscopic surgery, increased use of adjuvant chemotherapy and an intensified treatment of metastatic disease. Patients with a high ACCI score were, by definition, older and had higher comorbidity. Major elective and emergency resections for colon carcinoma were evenly performed between the ACCI groups, as were laparoscopic and open resections. (Chemo)radiotherapy for rectal carcinoma was less frequently used, and a higher rate of local excisions, and consequently lower rate of major elective resections, was performed in the high ACCI group. Adjuvant chemotherapy and metastasectomy were less frequently used in the ACCI high group. Overall and cancer-specific survival from stage I-III CRC remained stable over time, but survival from stage IV improved. However, the 5-year overall survival from stage I-IV colon and rectal carcinoma was worse in the high ACCI group compared to the low ACCI group. Five-year cancer-specific and disease-free survival rates did not differ significantly by the ACCI. Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that high ACCI was an independent predictor of poor overall survival (

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colorectal cancercomorbidityelderlysurvival

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PMID33920665
PMCPMC8073362
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