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CARCINOMA OF THE LARGE BOWEL IN PATIENTS AGED 70 YEARS AND OVER 1
Author(s) -
COHEN J. R.,
THEILE D. E.,
HOLT J.,
DAVIS N. C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04886.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mortality rate , carcinoma , series (stratigraphy) , surgery , cancer , colorectal cancer , paleontology , biology
In a prospective series of 443 cases of large‐bowel cancer there were 192 cases occurring In patients aged 70 years and over. The resectablllty rate In this group was 84.9% and was almost Identical with that of the whole series (84.6%). There was an overall operative mortality rate of 7.3% in the older age group, compared with 6.4% in the whole series. However, when octogenarians were considered, the resectablllty rate fell to 74.6% and the overall operative mortality rate Increased to 19%. In the treatment of large‐bowel cancer It would seem that special consideration should be given to octogenarians.