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[Clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal carcinoma in the elderly].
Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery - 1 May 2016
Tao Kaixiong, Gao Jinbo, Wang Guobin
Abstract excerpt
Elderly patients with colorectal cancer have different clincopathological characteristics from younger patients. Colorectal cancers tend to localize in the proximal colon, from cecum to the splenic flexure in the elderly patients. Changes in the stools, rectal bleeding or black stool, abdominal pain, fatigue, weight loss and anemia are the common symptoms. Analysis showed that age is one of independent risk...
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