Association of cancer diagnosis with disability status among older survivors of colorectal cancer: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older cancer survivors likely experience physical function limitations due to cancer and its treatments, leading to disability and early mortality. Existing studies have focused on factors associated with surgical complications and mortality risk rather than factors associated with the development of poor disability status (DS), a proxy measure of poor performance status, in cancer survivors. We aimed to identify factors associated with the development of poor DS among older survivors of colorectal cancer (CRC) and compare poor DS rates to an age-sex-matched, non-cancer cohort.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study utilized administrative data from the Texas Cancer Registry Medicare-linked database. The study cohort consisted of 13,229 survivors of CRC diagnosed

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10978737 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature