Treatment of elderly patients with rectal cancer
MediSurg Global Learning Portal. Rutten H. 11/09/12; 25406
Dr. Harm Rutten
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Elderly rectal cancer patients did not seem to benefit from the improvements of rectal cancer treatment as much as their younger counterparts.
Elderly do not have more complications of rectal cancer treatment, but they seem to cope worse with complications leading to poorer outcome.
Postoperative risk of dying after rectal cancer treatment lasts as long as one year after the surgery
Elderly do not have more complications of rectal cancer treatment, but they seem to cope worse with complications leading to poorer outcome.
Postoperative risk of dying after rectal cancer treatment lasts as long as one year after the surgery
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