How should patients 80 years of age or older with colorectal carcinoma be treated? Long-term and short-term outcome and postoperative cytokine levels

The aim of this study was to determine how extensive resection affects operative morbidity, mortality, and long-term survival in elderly patients with colorectal cancer. A total of 119 patients 80 years of age or older were given a diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma at our hospital between 1985 and 1...

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