Patterns of pelvic radiotherapy in patients with stage II/III rectal cancer
Author
Fitzgerald, Timothy L.; Zervos, Emmanuel; Wong, Jan H.
Abstract
High-level evidence supports adjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer. We examined the influence of sociodemographic factors on patterns of adjuvant radiotherapy for resected Stage II/III rectal cancer. Methods. Patients undergoing surgical resection for stage II/III rectal cancer were identified in SEER registry. Results. A total of 21,683 patients were identified. Majority of patients were male (58.8%), white (83%), and with stage III (54.9%) and received radiotherapy (66%). On univariate analysis, male gender, stage III, younger age, year of diagnosis, and higher socioeconomic status (SES) were associated with radiotherapy. Radiotherapy was delivered in 84.4% of patients < 50; however, only 32.8% of those are > 80 years. Logistic regression demonstrated a significant increase in the use of radiotherapy in younger patients who are < 50 (OR, 10.3), with stage III (OR, 1.21), males (OR, 1.18), and with higher SES. Conclusions. There is a failure to conform to standard adjuvant radiotherapy in one-third of patients, and this is associated with older age, stage II, area-level of socioeconomic deprivation, and female sex.
Date
2013-10-02
Citation:
APA:
Fitzgerald, Timothy L., & Zervos, Emmanuel, & Wong, Jan H.. (October 2013).
Patterns of pelvic radiotherapy in patients with stage II/III rectal cancer.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7724
MLA:
Fitzgerald, Timothy L., and Zervos, Emmanuel, and Wong, Jan H..
"Patterns of pelvic radiotherapy in patients with stage II/III rectal cancer". .
. (),
October 2013.
September 26, 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7724.
Chicago:
Fitzgerald, Timothy L. and Zervos, Emmanuel and Wong, Jan H.,
"Patterns of pelvic radiotherapy in patients with stage II/III rectal cancer," , no.
(October 2013),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7724 (accessed
September 26, 2023).
AMA:
Fitzgerald, Timothy L., Zervos, Emmanuel, Wong, Jan H..
Patterns of pelvic radiotherapy in patients with stage II/III rectal cancer. .
October 2013;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7724. Accessed
September 26, 2023.
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