title: Carcinoma of the large bowel in patients aged 70 years and older.
abstract: In a prospective series of 443 cases of large-bowel cancer there were 192 cases occurring in patients aged 70 years and over. The resectability 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 resectability 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*