Cancer Surgery in the Elderly

The proportions both of elderly patients in the world and of elderly patients with cancer are both increasing. In the evaluation of these patients, physiologic age, and not chronologic age, should be carefully considered in the decision-making process prior to both cancer screening and cancer treatm...

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Main Authors: Kowdley, Gopal C., Merchant, Nishant, Richardson, James P., Somerville, Justin, Gorospe, Myriam, Cunningham, Steven C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Scientific World Journal 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259553/