Colon Cancer Surgery in the Aged; Postoperative Outcome, Functional Recovery and Survival.

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9 Finnish hospitals including three university hospitals participate in the study. The data is collected from the hospitals using a specially designed and secure web application (RedCap). The preoperative patients' data include comorbidities, clinical frailty scale (CFS) and functional status, posto...

9 Finnish hospitals including three university hospitals participate in the study. The data is collected from the hospitals using a specially designed and secure web application (RedCap). The preoperative patients' data include comorbidities, clinical frailty scale (CFS) and functional status, postoperative surgical and medical outcomes and survival data. The patient questionnaire is based on the G-8 geriatric screening tool and MNA-short form. The questionnaire is filled out preoperatively and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months postoperatively. The patient data concerning procedures is collected from the hospitals prospectively recording data. Mortality data on causes of death are obtained from Statistics Finland. All colon cancer patients aged over 80 years with curative disease (stage I-III) are included. Patients with metastatic disease or severe Alzheimer disease are excluded. They are treated either non-operatively or with curative resection or palliative procedure. Patients fill out the approval form. The study is acknowledged by the ethics committee of the participating hospitals.

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