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September 25, 2012Cancer63 citationsOpen Access

Elderly patients with colon cancer have unique tumor characteristics and poor survival

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SPSupriya PatelRNRebecca A. NelsonJSJulian Sanchez

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This investigation demonstrates that older age is associated with alterations in clinical and pathologic characteristics and decreased survival. This suggests that the phenotype of colon cancer and the efficacy of colon cancer therapies may be dependent on the age of patients.

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Patel et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da10caa1d151c65f6858f4https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.27753
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