The influence of age on the outcome of treatment of elderly patients with colorectal cancer

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-140

  Ahmed, Sohail ^a   Howel, Denise ^b   Debrah, Samuel ^a,c  

^a DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896108008     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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