Liver Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly: Is Surgery Justified?

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[8] Su SY(2005)Treatment of stage IV colorectal carcinoma in elderly patients Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 54 145-155

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[10] Jian ZH(2000)Palliative chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis. Colorectal Cancer Collaborative Group BMJ 321 531-535

[1] Etzioni DA(2009)Impact of the aging population on the demand for colorectal procedures Dis Colon Rectum 52 583-591

[2] Beart RJ(2013)Cancer statistics, 2013 CA Cancer J Clin 63 11-30

[3] Madoff RD(2012)Mortality of colorectal cancer in Taiwan, 1971–2010: temporal changes and age-period-cohort analysis Int J Colorectal Dis 27 1665-1672

[4] Ault GT(2008)Asia Pacific consensus recommendations for colorectal cancer screening Gut 57 1166-1176

[5] Siegel R(2004)Recurrence and outcomes following hepatic resection, radiofrequency ablation, and combined resection/ablation for colorectal liver metastases Ann Surg 239 818-827

[6] Naishadham D(2012)Patient selection for hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal cancer J Gastrointest Oncol 3 3-10

[7] Jemal A(1999)Clinical score for predicting recurrence after hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal cancer: analysis of 1001 consecutive cases Ann Surg 230 309-321

[8] Su SY(2005)Treatment of stage IV colorectal carcinoma in elderly patients Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 54 145-155

[9] Huang JY(1999)Underrepresentation of patients 65 years of age or older in cancer-treatment trials N Engl J Med 341 2061-2067

[10] Jian ZH(2000)Palliative chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis. Colorectal Cancer Collaborative Group BMJ 321 531-535