title: [Rectal cancer in the elderly patient: the results of surgical therapy].
abstract: The study was carried out on 100 patients over 70 suffering from rectal cancer. The operative death-rate resulted higher in wider resections than in more limited ones, though the former showed a lower incidence of relapse and higher survival rates. Operative death-rate was more strictly related to the presence of cardiorespiratory alterations than to age per se. As a consequence, in Authors' opinion, surgical therapy is not to be completely rejected in old-aged patients; on the contrary it should be discussed according to the patient status. With the increase of the population mean age rectal cancer diagnosis in old patients has become more frequent; nowadays, improvements in anaesthesia and reanimation practice allow a considerable decrease in surgical risks with a corresponding increased possibility of a radical surgical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale II, Ospedale Civile di Vicenza.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodighiero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fusato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidali
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zuccarotto
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaspari
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D011788:Quality of Life; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: II cancro del retto nel paziente anziano: risultati della terapia chirurgica.