title: [Cancer of the rectum in elderly patients over the age of seventy-five years. Results of the surgical treatment].
abstract: The authors reviewed 122 rectal cancers observed over a period of 14 years in patients over the age of 75 years. Sixty-eight patients underwent extensive rectal resection, 17 were treated by local excision, and 28 only underwent a colostomy. Eight patients were excluded for surgery. The analysis of all of these groups showed that perioperative mortality was greater for large resections than for local resections, but with a lower recurrence rate and a higher survival at 3 years. Survival at 5 years after large resections was very close to the natural life expectancy for people of the same age. Moreover, survival was the quality of more comfortable than after local excision, and operative mortality was generally due to organ failure rather than to age itself. Radical surgery does not have to be systematically refused for very old patients, but he discussed in terms of the patients general status.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Service de Chirurgie, Marseille.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Martino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Assenza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arnaud
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sastre
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sarles
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Le cancer du rectum chez les sujets âgés de plus de soixante-quinze ans. Résultats du traitement chirurgical.