Effect of Adjuvant Chemotherapy on Stage II Colon Cancer: Analysis of Korean National Data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Debates exist regarding the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer. This study aimed to investigate the current status of adjuvant chemotherapy and its impact on survival for Korean stage II colon cancer patients by analyzing the National Quality Assessment data.

Materials and methods

A total of 7,880 patientswho underwent curative resection for stage II colon adenocarcinoma between January 2011 andDecember 2014 in Koreawere selected randomly as evaluation subjects for the quality assessment. The factors that influenced overall survival were identified. The high-risk group was defined as having at least one of the following: perforation/ obstruction, lymph node harvest less than 12, lymphovascular/perineural invasion, positive resection marg

SUBMITTER: Kim MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6192938 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature