Why the study?
Elderly patients with colorectal cancer are burdened with frailty and comorbidities that predict early postoperative mortality and morbidity, necessitating an intricate decision-making process for surgical management.
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Frailty assessment may inform CRC decisions in elderly Asians; leaves open optimal strategies pending prospective trials.
This review highlights the intricate decision-making process required for the surgical management of elderly patients with colorectal cancer, emphasizing the need to account for frailty and comorbidities.
Chong et al. (2019) studied this question.
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