The major difference between this study and the study which was reported from Birmingham in 1986 is in the incidence of emergency presentation of the disease, both in the under 70 and in the over 70 age group. In the Birmingham series, 58 per cent of the elderly patients were admitted as an emergenc
Emergency presentation and mortality from colorectal cancer in the elderly
โ Scribed by R. P. Waldron; Mr. I. A. Donovan; J. Drumm; S. N. Mottram; Susan Tedman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 344 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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