Clinicopathological features of colorectal cancer in patients over 70 years of age

References

• Ong ES, Alassas M, Dunn KB, Rajput A. Colorectal cancer surgery in the elderly: acceptable morbidity? Am J Surg 2008;195:344–8.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Colorectal Cancer Collaborative Group. Surgery for colorectal cancer in elderly patients: a systematic review. Lancet 2000;356:968–74.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Farley J, Shun HR, Bray F, Forman D, Mathers C, Parkin DM. Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: Globocan 2008. Int J Cancer 2010;127:2893–917.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Lang K, Korn JR, Lee DW, Lines LM, Earle CC, Menzin J. Factors associated with improved survival among older colorectal cancer patients in the US: a population-based analysis. BMC Cancer 2009;9:220–7.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Schmitt C. Treatment strategies for colorectal cancer in the elderly. J Clin Gastroenterol 2004;38:387–9.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Turnbull RB, Kyle K, Watson FR, Spratt J. Cancer of the colon, the influence of non-touch isolation technique on survival rates, Ann Surg 1967;166:420–7.
   Google Scholar
• Jass JR, Sobin LH. Histologic typing of intestinal tumours. World Health Organisation. International classification of tumours. 2nd ed. Berlin: Springer-Verlag; 1989.
   Google Scholar
• Dindo D, Demartines N, Clavien PA. Classification of surgical complications: a new proposal with evaluation in a cohort of 6336 patients and results of survey. Ann Surg 2004;240:205–23.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mäkelä JT, Laitinen ST, Kairaluoma MI. Five-year follow-up after radical surgery for colorectal cancer. Arch Surg 1995;130:1062–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Irwin TT. Prognosis of colorectal cancer in the elderly. Br J Surg 1988;75:419–21.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Koperna T, Kisser M, Schulz F. Emergency surgery for colon cancer in the aged. Arch Surg 1997;132:1032–7.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Endreseth BH, Romundstad P, Myrvold HE, Bjerkeset T, Wibe A; Norwegian Rectal Cancer Group. Rectal cancer treatment of the elderly. Colorectal Dis 2006;8;471–9.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sunouchi K, Namaki K, Mori M, Shimizu T, Tadokuro M. How should patients 80 years of age or older with colorectal cancer be treated? Dis Colon Rectum 2000;43:233–41.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Greenburg AG, Saik RP, Pridham D. Influence of age on mortality of colon surgery. Am J Surg 1985;150:65–69.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Takeuchi K, Tsuzuki Y, Ando T, Sekihara M, Hara, Kori T, Should patients over 85 years old be operated on for colorectal cancer? J Clin Gastroenterol 2004;38:387–9.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Pedrazzani C, Cerullo G, De Marco G, Marrelli D, Neri A, De Stefano A, Pinto E, Roviello F. Impact of age-related comorbidity on results of colorectal cancer surgery. World J Gastroenterol 2009;15:5706–11.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Falch C, Kraft T, Beckert S, Kirschniak A, Zieker D, Königsrainer I, Surgery of colorectal carcinoma in patients aged over 80. Onkologie 2009;32:10–16.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Tan E, Tilney H, Thompson M, Smith J, Tekkis PP. The United Kingdom National Bowel Cancer Project – Epidemiology and surgical risk in the elderly. Eur J Cancer 2007;43:2285–94.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Faivre J, Lemmens VEPP, Quiport V, Bouvier AM. Management and survival of colorectal cancer in the elderly in population-based studies. Eur J Cancer 2007;43:2279–84.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gibbs J, Cull W, Henderson W, Daley J, Kwan H, Khuri SF. Preoperative serum albumin level as a predictor of operative mortality and morbidity. Arch Surg 1999;134:36–42.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Corti M-C, Guralnik JM, Salive ME, Sorkin JD. Serum albumin level and physical disability as predictors of mortality in older persons. JAMA 1994;272:1036–42.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lai CC, You JF, Yeh CY, Chen JS, Tang R, Wang JY, Chin CC. Low preoperative serum albumin level in colon cancer: a risk factor for poor outcome. Int J Colorectal Dis 2011;26:473–81.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schofield JH, Steele RJ. Guidelines for follow-up after resection of colorectal cancer. Gut 2002;51(Suppl): 3–5.
   Google Scholar
• Tjandra JJ, Chan MKY. Follow-up after curative resection of colorectal cancer : A meta- analysis. Dis Colon Rectum 2007;50:1783–99.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith JJ, Lee J, Burke C, Contractor KB, Dawson PM. Major colorectal cancer resection should not be denied to elderly patients. EJSO 2002;28:661–6.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Payne JE, Hapuis PH, Pheils MT. Surgery for large bowel cancer in people aged over 75 years and older. Dis Colon Rectum 1986;29:733–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O'Connell JB, Maggard MA, Liu JH, Etzioni DA, Ko CY. Are survival rates different for young and older patients with rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2004;47:2064–9.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• The Standards Practice Task Force. Practice parameters for surveillance and follow-up of patients with colon and rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 2004;47:807–17.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Tsai H-L, Chu K-S, Huang Y-H, Su Y-C, Wu J-Y, Kuo C-H, Predictive factors of early relapse in UICC Stage I-III colorectal cancer patients after curative resection. J Surg Oncol 2009;100:736–43.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar