Role of curative resection in octogenarians with malignancy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 282-287

  Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Kawashima, Taichi ^a   Ryu, Munemasa ^a   Okada, Tadashi ^a   Cho, Akihiro ^a   Takayama, Wataru ^a  

^a Chiba Prefecture Sawara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curative surgery; Elderly; Major resection; Octogenarians; Palliative surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL RISK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 4644290789     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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