[Results of Palliative Resection in an Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patient].

Related Articles [Results of Palliative Resection in an Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patient]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2019 Mar;46(3):493-495 Authors: Morita A, Okamoto S, Okubo T, Iwasaki Y Abstract With the aging of society, surgery for elderly colorectal cancer(CRC)patients is also increasing. We examined 11 elderly CRC patients who underwent palliative resection in our institute. The reasons other than age for which palliative resection was chosen, included dementia, basic disease, and social backgrounds such as living alone, etc. Although surgery was possible according to the ECOG PS and other examinations before surgery, 3 patients(27.3%)who developed respiratory or circulatory complications after surgery…
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