[Study of the Treatment for Colorectal Cancer(CRC)in Elderly People Aged 80 Years or Older]

Aging in local cities is increasing in Japan, and Kitakyushu city is one of them. In particular, in the area in which our hospital is located, the old-age dependency ratio(ie, individuals who are 65 years old or older per hundred individuals who are 15-64 years old)is 35.2%, which is much higher than the old-age ratio of 26% in Japan, and the average age is 50.6 years. In Yahatahigashi-ku, elderly people who are older than 80 years of age account for 35.4%of the population. In consideration of this, we examined how far to do the treatment administered for CRC in elderly patients. We studied 17 patients who were older than 80 years of age and diagnosed with CRC in 2017. The performance status(PS)scores were PS 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 in 4, 5, 1, 6, and 1 cases(s), respectively. The patients who were immobile, but still able to retain regular dietary intake, also underwent surgery. The degree of progression of the cancer was Stage Ⅰ, Ⅱ, ⅢA, ⅢB, and Ⅳ in 1, 11, 3, 0, and 2 cases, respectively, and chemotherapy was administered for the 2 patients with Stage Ⅳcancer. One patient died unexpectedly due to thoracic aortic rupture after the surgery. In our hospital, we positively perform surgeries for CRC to avoid decreases in ADL. On the other hand, we often encounter unexpected complications due to many comorbidities. We report the CRC treatment strategy for elderly people in our hospital with specific examples.