| ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases: Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification |
| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer; HR, hazard ratio |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CCI | Charlson comorbidity index |
| OS | overall survival |
| PSM | propensity score–matched |
| FOLFOX | oxaliplatin, fluoropyrimidine, and leucovorin |
| FOLFIRI | folinic acid, fluorouracil, irinotecan |
| aHRs | adjusted HRs |
| MOSAIC | multicenter international study of oxaliplatin, fluoropyrimidine, and leucovorin in the adjuvant treatment of colon cancer |
| NSABP | national surgical adjuvant breast and bowel project |
| NCCN | National Comprehensive Cancer Network |
| TCRD | Taiwan Cancer Registry database |
| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| CCI | Charlson comorbidity index; PS, propensity score |
| TNM | tumor, node, metastasis |