Outcomes of surgery for mid and distal rectal cancer in the elderly

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 598-604

  Wai, Lun Law ^a   Hok, Kwok Choi ^a   Ho, Judy W C ^a   Yee, Man Lee ^a   Chi, Leung Seto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLOSTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCENDING COLON; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM CANCER; SAFETY; SPHINCTER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLOSTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCTOSCOPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 33645561297     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0442-x     Document Type: Article

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