The changing impact of age on colorectal cancer surgery. A trend analysis

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Nascimbeni, Riccardo ^a   Di Fabio, F ^a   Di Betta, E ^a   Salerni, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Elderly; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57749111744     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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