Open AccessImpact of age-related comorbidity on results of colorectalcancer surgery
Author(s) -
Corrado Pedrazzani,
Guido Cerullo,
Giovanni De Marco,
Daniele Marrelli,
Alessandro Neri,
Alfonso De Stefano,
Enrico Pinto,
Franco Roviello
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.5706
Subject(s) - comorbidity , medicine , group b , mortality rate , gastroenterology , colorectal cancer , surgery , group a , survival rate , cancer
To analyze the correlation between preexisting comorbidity and other clinicopathological features, short-term surgical outcome and long-term survival in elderly patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).