A comparative study of short-term outcomes of colorectal cancer surgery in the elderly population

Significant improvement in postoperative and 1-year mortality after colorectal cancer surgery in recent years

“…These rates were even slightly higher than we found for patients !80 years old in our cohort (shown as supplementary data). A small single institution study of 85 patients from the United Kingdom including CRC patients showed a 30-day mortality rate for patients !75 years of 6.5%, which was almost equal to that of younger patients [23]. Others studies focusing on survival rates over the years have also shown improved survival rates in senior CRC patients [1,22,28,29].…”

Outcome of Colorectal cancer in Geriatric Patient

“…When managing geriatric patients with comorbidity and poor performance status, oncologists have a limited number of treatment options. Several published reports have shown that a colorectal cancer resection in elderly patients is associated with neither higher postoperative mortality, complications, nor worse short term oncological outcome [32,33]. In our study 15.10% had complications after surgery 46.40% patients died during the study period.…”

Colorectal Cancer Surgery in Elderly Patients

“…Elderly patients with stage IV disease at the time of surgery, with comorbidities, and with postoperative complications are at risk for mortality during the first year after surgery [ 2 ]. However, several reports have shown that a colorectal-cancer resection in elderly patients is associated with neither higher postoperative mortality, complications, nor worse shortterm oncological outcome [ 3 4 ]. The short-term results, such as the 30-day morbidity and mortality, and the oncologic results, such as the 5-year survival rate, in elderly patients older than 85 years of age were similar to those in younger patients [ 5 6 ].…”