Elderly patients with rectal cancer have a higher risk of treatment-related complications and a poorer prognosis than younger patients: A population-based study
- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in European Journal Of Cancer
- Vol. 42 (17) , 3015-3021
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2005.10.032
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