title: Reply to: Surgical treatment of colon cancer in patients aged 80 years and older.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Fellow and Surgical Registrar, Imperial College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Nigel Mark
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Bagnall
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Faiz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D018426:SEER Program / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*