Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer for both sexes; prognosis of CRC is strictly related with stage. Previous studies have suggested that elderly patients do not fare well after surgery for CRC, with high rates of emergency presentations, inoperability and perioperative mortality and decreased overall survival. Recent reports, however, have recommended applying the standard surgical approach in the elderly. The aim of our study was to assess the characteristics and perioperative morbidity and mortality in patients following CRC surgery and to analyse the specific outcomes in the elderly.
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The role of surgery for colorectal cancer in octogenariansAddress: Azienda USL 5 Pisa, P.O. Pontedera, U.O. Chirurgia Generale, Italy * Corresponding author from XXI Annual Meeting of The Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery Terni, Italy
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer for both sexes; prognosis of CRC is strictly related with stage
It was suggested that elderly patients do not fare well after surgery for colorectal cancer
Summary
Address: Azienda USL 5 Pisa, P.O. Pontedera, U.O. Chirurgia Generale, Italy * Corresponding author from XXI Annual Meeting of The Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery Terni, Italy. Published: 1 April 2009 BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9(Suppl 1):A75 doi:10.1186/1471-2318-9-S1-A75. XI Annual Meeting of The Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery Francesco Sciannameo, Giammario Giustozzi and Beatrice Sensi Publication of this supplement was made possible with support from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2318-9-S1-
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