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Article: Hepatectomy of benefit in elderly cancer patients.(Digestive Disorders)
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- Family Practice News
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- March 1, 2008
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ORLANDO -- Liver resection of colorectal metastases was associated with good long-term survival among patients over age 70 years in an analysis based on 20 years of data from an international registry
Five-year survival after surgery was 37% in a cohort of 729 patients aged 70 years and older and 44% in patients younger than 70 years old. The variations in survival, however, appeared to be associated primarily with the type of disease present rather than solely attributable to patient age, according to lead author Dr. Rene Adam of Hospital Paul Brousse, Vfilejuff, France. Further, 5year survivals after resection were not different between patients aged 70-75 ...