Colorectal cancer in patients over 80 years of age

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2142-2145

  Edna, Tom H ^a   Bjerkeset, Tormod ^a  

^a Innherred Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aged 80 and above; Long term survival; Post operative mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032427207     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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