John L. Marshall, MD - Contrasting Strategies for Managing the Elderly Patient With Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Summary: In this activity, an expert in CRC management discusses contrasting approaches to treating elderly individuals presenting with advanced disease. Two case scenarios will illustrate how therapeutic decision-making may be influenced by patient health and performance status or a patients? willingness to pursue aggressive treatment. In addition, the clinical consequences of specific comorbidities or tumor-related factors will also be explored.