Open AccessColorectal cancer in geriatric patients: Endoscopic diagnosis and surgical treatment
Author(s) -
A Kirchgatterer
Publication year - 2005
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.v11.i3.315
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , rectum , cancer , colonoscopy , comorbidity , endoscopy , surgery , perioperative , stage (stratigraphy) , anemia , survival rate , mortality rate , gastrointestinal cancer , gastrointestinal bleeding , paleontology , biology
To investigate the prevalence of colorectal cancer in geriatric patients undergoing endoscopy and to analyze their outcome.