Surgery for advanced colorectal cancer in elderly patients with special emphasis for radio-chemotherapy role

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 75, 2007, Pages 740-745

  Chiappa, Antonio ^a   Bertani, Emilio ^a   Zbar, Andrew P ^b   Biffi, Roberto ^a   Biella, Francesca ^a   Bellomi, Massimo ^a   Zampino, Giulia ^a   Fazio, Nicola ^a   Poldi, Davide ^a   Page, Ugo ^a   Andreoni, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Elderly; Postoperative mortality; Radiotherapy; Risk factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; OXALIPLATIN; RALTITREXED;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250219550     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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