Should Patients Over 85 Years Old Be Operated on for Colorectal Cancer?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 408-413

  Takeuchi, Kunio ^a   Tsuzuki, Yasushi ^b   Ando, Tetsu ^b  

^a Tone Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Pulmonary complications; Very old patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344626590     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200405000-00004     Document Type: Article

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