Impact of age-related comorbidity on results of colorectalcancer surgery
Authors:
- Corrado PedrazzaniCPCorrado Pedrazzani
- Guido CerulloGCGuido Cerullo
- Giovanni De MarcoGMGiovanni De Marco
- Daniele MarrelliDMDaniele Marrelli
- Alessandro NeriANAlessandro Neri
- Alfonso De StefanoASAlfonso De Stefano
- Enrico PintoEPEnrico Pinto
- Franco RovielloFRFranco Roviello
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. in World Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 15 (45) , 5706-5711
Abstract
Impact of age-related comorbidity on results of colorectal cancer surgeryKeywords
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