Examining the impact of age on chemotherapy completion in epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer: a retrospective cohort study in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the difference in chemotherapy completion and reasons for discontinuation between older (≥70 years) and younger (<70 years) patients.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Single tertiary centre in Thailand.

Participants

The patients who received chemotherapy from 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2021 were included and followed up until 30 June 2022. Of the 757 patients with epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer (EOC), 108 were in the older group and 649 were in the younger group.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The difference in chemotherapy completion, the association between younger and older patients and early discontinuation of chemotherapy.

Results

The proportion of chemotherapy completion

SUBMITTER: Assavapokee N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11261680 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature