Open AccessPatient selection in major upper abdominal surgery for cancer in octogenarians
Author(s) -
Pullen Lara C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/caac.21419
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , pancreatic cancer , pancreas , cancer , general surgery , abdominal surgery , surgery , paleontology , biology
Key Points The overall rates of major upper abdominal cancer resections in octogenarians have increased over time. The number of major liver and pancreatic resections for cancer in this demographic has more than doubled from 2001 to 2011. This trend may be the result of an emboldened surgical approach within the context of increasingly favorable inpatient mortality rates from elective surgeries of the pancreas and liver.