title: [Low rectal cancer treatment in frail elderly patients. A personal series].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Catania, Departimento di Chirurgia, Sezione di Chirurgia Generale ed Oncologica, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benfatto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biondi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiryis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mugavero
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cinardi
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Benfatto
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*