title: Survival after cancer surgery of elderly patients in New Mexico, 1969-1982.
abstract: To examine the effects of advancing age, sex, and ethnicity on estimated 30-day survival after surgery for cancer, we reviewed population-based data on 16,130 cancer cases collected by the New Mexico Tumor Registry from 1969-1982. For surgery at most sites, mortality increased with increasing age. The highest mortality was observed for sites requiring laparotomy or thoracotomy. Sex and ethnicity (Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white) had little effect on short-term survival. Comparison of short-term survival for two time periods, 1969-1975 and 1976-1982, showed a strong trend of improving survival for many sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico Medical Center, Albuquerque 87131.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Key
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Samet
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D009516:New Mexico; D012042:Registries; D012737:Sex Factors; D013908:Thoracotomy