Esophageal cancer in octogenarians: Should esophagectomy be done?

Esophagectomy is the treatment of choice for esophageal cancer. In octogenarians data is conflicting. We evaluated postoperative outcomes and long-term survival of octogenarians and their younger counterparts. A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database including consecutive pati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of geriatric oncology 2024-03, Vol.15 (2), p.101710-101710, Article 101710
Hauptverfasser:	Cooper, Lisa, Orgad, Ran, Levi, Yochai, Shmilovitch, Hila, Feferman, Yael, Solomon, Daniel, Kashtan, Hanoch
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Esophageal cancer Esophagectomy Octogenarians Survival
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Zusammenfassung:	Esophagectomy is the treatment of choice for esophageal cancer. In octogenarians data is conflicting. We evaluated postoperative outcomes and long-term survival of octogenarians and their younger counterparts. A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database including consecutive patients with esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy at a large referral, academic center between 2012 and 2021. Subgroups were designed according to age (
ISSN:	1879-4068 1879-4076
DOI:	10.1016/j.jgo.2024.101710