posted on 2023-04-06, 14:20authored byJasleen K. Badesha, Marilyn Zhou, Arif A. Arif, Sharlene Gill, Caroline Speers, Michael Peacock, Mary A. De Vera, Heather C. Stuart, Carl J. Brown, Fergal Donellan, Jonathan M. Loree
<p>Supplemental Figure 4. Disease-free survival (DFS) by age in early-stage rectal cancers. The Kaplan-Meier survival curves are shown for a period of 10 years. The survival curves begin to separate towards the end of the routine follow-up period of 5 years.</p>
This population-based study suggests younger patients are more likely to receive chemoradiotherapy, potentially due to higher stage at diagnosis, and response is comparable by age.