Outcome of surgical treatment of colorectal cancer in the elderly

Updates in Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-237

  Fontani, Andrea ^a   Martellucci, Jacopo ^a   Civitelli, Serenella ^a   Tanzini, Gabriello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Elderly; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84859409206     PISSN: 2038131X     EISSN: 20383312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-011-0085-4     Document Type: Article

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