Table 1.
Patient characteristics for 27,088 colorectal cancer patients treated in Finland, 2006–2015.
| Patient Characteristics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <75 Years Old | ≥75 Years Old | 75–79 Years Old | 80–84 Years Old | 85–89 Years Old | ≥90 Years Old | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| All | 15,782 | 11,306 | 4287 | 3745 | 2342 | 932 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 9035 (57.2) | 5194 (45.9) | 2302 (53.7) | 1732 (46.2) | 877 (37.4) | 283 (30.4) |
| Female | 6747 (42.8) | 6112 (54.1) | 1985 (46.3) | 2013 (53.8) | 1465 (62.6) | 649 (69.6) |
| FCR classification 1 | ||||||
| 0 | 2375 (15.1) | 2641 (23.4) | 807 (18.8) | 803 (21.5) | 654 (27.9) | 374 (40.1) |
| 1 | 2782 (17.6) | 1919 (17.0) | 776 (18.1) | 644 (17.2) | 382 (16.3) | 117 (12.6) |
| 2 | 2565 (16.3) | 1321 (11.7) | 557 (13.0) | 449 (12.0) | 237 (10.1) | 80 (8.6) |
| 3 | 2859 (18.1) | 2367 (20.9) | 930 (21.7) | 815 (21.8) | 468 (20.0) | 154 (16.5) |
| 4 | 1166 (7.4) | 891 (7.9) | 321 (7.5) | 311 (8.3) | 185 (7.9) | 74 (7.9) |
| 5 | 2233 (14.1) | 1362 (12.0) | 550 (12.8) | 456 (12.2) | 270 (11.5) | 86 (9.2) |
| 6 | 1802 (11.4) | 803 (7.1) | 346 (8.1) | 264 (7.0) | 146 (6.3) | 47 (5.1) |
| Tumor location | ||||||
| Right colon | 4228 (26.8) | 4160 (36.8) | 1476 (34.4) | 1433 (38.3) | 914 (39.0) | 337 (36.1) |
| Left colon | 4016 (25.5) | 2478 (21.9) | 1028 (24.0) | 800 (21.3) | 477 (20.4) | 173 (18.6) |
| Rectum | 6651 (42.1) | 3650 (32.3) | 1490 (34.8) | 1179 (31.5) | 711 (30.4) | 270 (29.0) |
| Other | 887 (5.6) | 1018 (9.0) | 293 (6.8) | 333 (8.9) | 240 (10.2) | 152 (16.3) |
| Operative treatment | ||||||
| Resection | 6878 (43.6) | 5146 (45.5) | 2071 (48.3) | 1816 (48.5) | 971 (41.5) | 288 (30.9) |
| No resection | 738 (4.7) | 314 (2.8) | 144 (3.4) | 102 (2.7) | 54 (2.3) | 14 (1.5) |
| No information/no surgery | 8166 (51.7) | 5846 (51.7) | 2072 (48.3) | 1827 (48.8) | 1317 (56.2) | 630 (67.6) |
| Postoperative hospital stay, median in | ||||||
| days (IQR) | ||||||
| Colon cancer | 6.0 (4.0–8.0) | 7.0 (5.0–10.0) | 7.0 (5.0–9.0) | 7.0 (5.0–10.0) | 7.0 (5.0–10.0) | 7.0 (5.0–10.0) |
| Rectum cancer | 7.0 (5.0–9.0) | 7.0 (5.0–10.0) | 7.0 (5.0–10.0) | 7.0 (6.0–10.0) | 7.0 (5.0–9.5) | 7.0 (6.0–9.0) |
1 FCR, Finnish Cancer Registry classes: 0, unknown; 1, localized; 2, non-localized, regional lymph node metastasis only; 3, metastasized further than to regional lymph nodes or invading adjacent tissues; 4, non-localized, no information on extent; 5, locally advanced, tumor invasion to adjacent tissues; and 6, non-localized, including distant lymph node metastasis.