Survival of colorectal carcinoma in the elderly: A prospective study of colorectal carcinoma and a five-year follow-up

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 523-529

  Avital, Shmuel ^a   Kashtan, Hanoch ^a   Hadad, Riad ^a   Werbin, Nahum ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal surgery; Elderly patients; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030906723     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055371     Document Type: Article

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