Older Patients Are Less Affected by Radiochemotherapeutic Treatment than Younger

Figure 2

Mean values of all pooled questionnaires (a) functional scores and (b) symptom scores. Radiochemotherapy patients (white bars) are compared to the GGP1 (black bars) and GGP2 (white or black horizontal line). Age is categorized. First bar: <40 years; second bar: 40–49 years; third bar: 50–59 years; fourth bar: 60–69 years; and sixth bar ≥ 70 years. (c) Mean differences between radiochemotherapy patients and GGP1 subdivided by functional scores and symptom scores in dependence of age categories. Functional scores mean differences between radiochemotherapy patients and GGP1 suffering from (e) rectal cancer, (f) head and neck cancer, (g) lung cancer, and (h) all other cancer diagnoses.

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