Sonja Aho, Emerik Osterlund, Ari Ristimäki, Lasse Nieminen, Jari Sundström, Markus J Mäkinen, Teijo Kuopio, Soili Kytölä, Annika Ålgars, Raija Ristamäki, Eetu Heervä, Raija Kallio, Päivi Halonen, Leena-Maija Soveri, Arno Nordin, Aki Uutela, Tapio Salminen, Hanna Stedt, Annamarja Lamminmäki, Timo Muhonen, Juha Kononen, Bengt Glimelius, Helena Isoniemi, Juho T Lehto, Kaisa Lehtomäki, Pia Osterlund
The primary tumor location (PTL) is associated with the phenotype, metastatic sites, mutations, and outcomes of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients, but this has mostly been studied according to sidedness (right vs. left sided). We studied right colon vs. left colon vs. rectal PTL in a real-life study population ( n = 1080). Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was assessed multi-cross-sectionally with QLQ-C30, QLQ-CR29, EQ-5D, and 15D. A chi-square, Kaplan-Meier, and Cox regression were used to compare the groups...
March 5, 2024: Cancers