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Overall Survival of Elderly Patients Having Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Is Comparable to Younger Patients: Results from a South Asian Population

INTRODUCTION: There has been a continuous debate on whether elderly patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) fair worse. The aim of this study is to assess the thirty-day mortality (TDM) and overall survival (OS) of elderly patients undergoing surgery for CRC. METHOD: OS between two groups (≥70 versus...

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Autores principales: Chandrasinghe, Pramodh Chitral, Ediriweera, Dileepa Senajith, Nazar, Thaaqib, Kumarage, Sumudu, Hewavisenthi, Janaki, Deen, Kemal Ismail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28811822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9670512

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