Chemotherapy options in elderly and frail patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (MRC FOCUS2): an open-label, randomised factorial trial

Matthew T Seymour; Lindsay C Thompson; Harpreet S Wasan; Gary Middleton; Alison E Brewster; Stephen F Shepherd; M Sinead O'Mahony; Timothy S Maughan; Mahesh Parmar; Ruth E Langley; FOCUS2 Investigators

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60399-1

Chemotherapy options in elderly and frail patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (MRC FOCUS2): an open-label, randomised factorial trial

Matthew T Seymour
, Lindsay C Thompson
, Harpreet S Wasan
, Gary Middleton
, Alison E Brewster
, Stephen F Shepherd
, M Sinead O'Mahony
, Timothy S Maughan
, Mahesh Parmar
, Ruth E Langley
, FOCUS2 Investigators

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Abstract

Elderly and frail patients with cancer, although often treated with chemotherapy, are under-represented in clinical trials. We designed FOCUS2 to investigate reduced-dose chemotherapy options and to seek objective predictors of outcome in frail patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1749-59
Number of pages	11
Journal	Lancet
Volume	377
Issue number	9779
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60399-1
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Seymour, M. T., Thompson, L. C., Wasan, H. S., Middleton, G., Brewster, A. E., Shepherd, S. F., O'Mahony, M. S., Maughan, T. S., Parmar, M., Langley, R. E., & FOCUS2 Investigators (2011). Chemotherapy options in elderly and frail patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (MRC FOCUS2): an open-label, randomised factorial trial. Lancet, 377(9779), 1749-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60399-1

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Chemotherapy options in elderly and frail patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (MRC FOCUS2): an open-label, randomised factorial trial

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