Survival of elderly rectal cancer patients not improved: Analysis of population based data on the impact of TME surgery

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2295-2300

  Rutten, Harm ^a   Dulk, Marcel den ^b   Lemmens, Valery ^c   Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard ^a   Krijnen, Pieta ^d   Jansen Landheer, Marlies ^d   van de Poll Franse, Lonneke ^c   Coebergh, Jan Willen ^c   Martijn, Hendrik ^a   Marijnen, Corrie ^b   van de Velde, Cock ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d Integraal Kankercentrum West   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Population based; Rectal cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NETHERLANDS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148834349     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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