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Postoperative mortality after cancer surgery in octogenarians and nonagenarians: results from a series of 5,390 patients

BACKGROUND: To support decisions about surgical treatment of elderly patients with cancer, population-based estimates of postoperative mortality (POM) rates are required. METHODS: Electronic records from the Rotterdam Cancer Registry were retrieved for octogenarians and nonagenarians who underwent r...

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Autores principales: Damhuis, Ronald AM, Meurs, Claudia JC, Meijer, Willem S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1298341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16280074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-3-71