High Serum CA19-9 Concentration Predicts Poor Prognosis in Elderly Patients with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer

Eiji Hidaka,Chiyo Maeda,Kenta Nakahara,Kunihiko Wakamura,Yasuhiro Ishiyama,Shoji Shimada,Junichi Seki,Yojiro Takano,Sonoko Oae,Yuta Enami,Naruhiko Sawada,Fumio Ishida,S. Kudo

High Serum CA19-9 Concentration Predicts Poor Prognosis in Elderly Patients with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer

2018

Eiji Hidaka
Chiyo Maeda
Kenta Nakahara
Kunihiko Wakamura
Yasuhiro Ishiyama
Shoji Shimada
Junichi Seki
Yojiro Takano
Sonoko Oae
Yuta Enami
Naruhiko Sawada
Fumio Ishida
S. Kudo

Background/Aim The optimal treatment strategy for elderly patients with stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) remains controversial due to limited research data. The purpose of this study was to evaluate treatment results and to clarify the prognostic factors, especially poor prognosis factors, in elderly patients with stage IV CRC.

Keywords:

Stage IV Colorectal Cancer
Oncology
CA19-9
Internal medicine
Medicine
Multivariate analysis
Univariate analysis
poor prognosis
Gastroenterology
Performance status
Chemotherapy
Primary tumor

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