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Major postoperative complications and survival for colon cancer elderly patients

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Title
Major postoperative complications and survival for colon cancer elderly patients
Published in
BMC Surgery, November 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2482-12-s1-s20
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Giuseppe Grosso, Antonio Biondi, Stefano Marventano, Antonio Mistretta, Giorgio Calabrese, Francesco Basile

Abstract

Increased life expectancy has led to elevating the mean age of the patients at the time of diagnosis of colon cancer and subsequent treatment. Differences in complication rates and outcome between elderly and younger patients have been investigated.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 74 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 15%
Other 9 12%
Student > Master 8 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 9%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Other 16 22%
Unknown 17 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 43 58%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Engineering 2 3%
Social Sciences 1 1%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 21 28%