title: [Major urological cancer excisions after the age of 75].
abstract: 32 patients more than 75 years old had major surgical procedures for urologic neoplasms: radical nephrectomy for renal cell cancer (9 cases), nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract tumor (3 cases), radical cystectomy for invasive bladder cancer (20 cases). Postoperative mortality was 12.5%. In the nephrectomy group, 3 palliative procedures gave a mean survival time of 7 months. On 9 curative procedures, 7 patients are alive and free of disease with a mean follow-up of 45.6 months. In the cystectomy group, 5 palliative procedures gave a mean survival time of 7 months. On 15 curative procedures, 6 patients are alive and free of disease with a mean follow-up of 18.6 months. Our data confirm that curative procedures can be performed in the elderly. Mean survival time and quality of life after palliative procedures suggest that only true comfort procedures have to be performed.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Urologie, Polyclinique de Beaulieu, Saint Etienne.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tostain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Preynat
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Perraud
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D015996:Survival Rate; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Les exérèses urologiques majeures pour cancer après 75 ans.