Colorectal cancer in the elderly: Characteristics and short term results

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 408-415

  Arenal Vera, Juan José ^a   Tinoco Carrasco, Claudia ^a   del Villar Negro, Araceli ^a   Labarga Rodríguez, Fernando ^a   Delgado Mucientes, Alberto ^a   Cítores, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Mortality; Nonagenarians; Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054706317     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082011000800004     Document Type: Article

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