Feasibility and outcomes of surgical therapy in very elderly patients with colorectal cancer

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-88

  Nakamura, Takatoshi ^a   Sato, Takeo ^a   Miura, Hirohisa ^a   Ikeda, Atushi ^a   Tsutsui, Atsuko ^a   Naito, Masanori ^a   Ogura, Naoto ^a   Watanabe, Masahiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; elderly patients; midterm outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894198720     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3182a83477     Document Type: Article

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