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Individualised Treatment

Patient-Related Factors: Patients’ Preference

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As a fundamental part of the multidisciplinary treatment in colorectal cancer, treatment guidelines and decision making on treatment strategy in multidisciplinary teams have evolved. The selection of treatment strategy is primarily based on an accurate staging of the disease by means of achieving a precise cTNM stage prior to treatment. In order to be able to decide on treatment strategy in a specific patient, awareness of the impact of patient-related factors, most importantly comorbidity and physiological age, is essential. The POSSUM score, an objective model for risk prediction in surgery, and the concept of comprehensive geriatric assessment, a multidimensional assessment tool for evaluation of elderly patients, can be of help in this process. Based on this evaluation and on the patient’s preference, an optimal, individualised treatment strategy for the specific patient can be achieved.

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Endreseth, B.H. (2015). Individualised Treatment. In: Baatrup, G. (eds) Multidisciplinary Treatment of Colorectal Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06142-9_27

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