How to select elderly colorectal cancer patients for surgery: a pilot study in an Italian academic medical center
OBJECTIVE: Cancer is one of the most common diagnoses in elderly patients. Of all types of abdominal cancer, colorectal cancer (CRC) is undoubtedly the most frequent. Median age at diagnosis is approximately 70 years old worldwide. Due to the multiple comorbidities affecting elderly people, frailty...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26779367 http://dx.doi.org/10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2015.0084 |