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Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resected Stage II and III Colon Cancer: Comparison of Two Widely Used Prognostic Calculators
Adjuvant! vs Numeracy for Colon Cancer Chemotherapy Prognosis
A Bardia, C Loprinzi, A Grothey, G Nelson, S Alberts, S Menon, S Thome, S Gill, D Sargent
20100101
2010 Feb 1
Semin Oncol
Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resected Stage II and III Colon Cancer: Comparison of Two Widely Used Prognostic Calculators
Semin Oncol. 2010 Feb 1;37(1):39-46, A Bardia, C Loprinzi, A Grothey, G Nelson, S Alberts, S Menon, S Thome, S Gill, D Sargent
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Two Web-based prognostic calculators (Adjuvant! and Numeracy) are widely used to individualize decisions regarding adjuvant therapy among patients with resected stage II and III colon cancer. However, these tools have not been directly compared. Hypothetical scenarios were formulated for the Numeracy calculator based on all potential combinations of age, lymph nodes status, tumor stage, and grade of tumor. These were then applied to three postsurgical therapy choices: observation, 5-fluorouracil...