Impact of age and comorbidities on short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer

Impact of age and comorbidities on short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer

BackgroundAs the world population is progressively ageing, more and more elderly patients will require cancer surgery. Although curative surgery is the treatment of choice for resectable colorectal cancer (CRC), it is still debated whether elderly frail patients should undergo major cancer surgery d...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giulia Turri, Gulser Caliskan, Cristian Conti, Luigi Martinelli, Ernesto De Giulio, Andrea Ruzzenente, Alfredo Guglielmi, Giuseppe Verlato, Corrado Pedrazzani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
elderly patients
colorectal cancer surgery
survival
comorbidities
mortality
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.959650/full

Similar Items

Similar Items