Rectal cancer surgery in patients more than 80 years of age

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-57

  Barrier, Alain ^a   Ferro, Leonardo ^a   Houry, Sidney ^a   Lacaine, François ^a   Huguier, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Operative mortality; Prognosis; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037227828     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)01120-0     Document Type: Article

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