[Low rectal cancer treatment in frail elderly patients. A personal series].
Rectal cancer predominantly affects elderly people, who are however more likely to have concomitant medical diseases and, therefore, are at higer surgical risk. After a careful selection of the patients, some surgical procedures can be performed safely. We studied a series of 149 patients affected by low rectal cancer; of these, 46 were aged 75 or older and comprise the elderly group; 94 curative resections, 19 palliative surgical treatments, 31 local excisions were performed. This approach demonstrated to be safe and effective among older patients too; therefore we may conclude that it is associated with a good control of surgical risk and of cancer in selected patients.
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Università degli Studi di Catania, Departimento di Chirurgia, Sezione di Chirurgia Generale ed Oncologica, Italy.
Biondi
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A
Di Stefano
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G
Basile
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G
Jiryis
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A
Strano
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G
Mugavero
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F
Cinardi
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N
Benfatto
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SM
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*