Multidisciplinary management of elderly patients with rectal cancer: recommendations from the SICG (Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery), SIFIPAC (Italian Society of Surgical Pathophysiology), SICE (Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery and new technologies), and the WSES (World Society of Emergency Surgery) International Consensus Project

Abstract Background and aims Although rectal cancer is predominantly a disease of older patients, current guidelines do not incorporate optimal treatment recommendations for the elderly and address only partially the associated specific challenges encountered in this population. This results in a wi...

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Main Authors:	Mauro Podda, Patricia Sylla, Gianluca Baiocchi, Michel Adamina, Vanni Agnoletti, Ferdinando Agresta, Luca Ansaloni, Alberto Arezzo, Nicola Avenia, Walter Biffl, Antonio Biondi, Simona Bui, Fabio C. Campanile, Paolo Carcoforo, Claudia Commisso, Antonio Crucitti, Nicola De’Angelis, Gian Luigi De’Angelis, Massimo De Filippo, Belinda De Simone, Salomone Di Saverio, Giorgio Ercolani, Gustavo P. Fraga, Francesco Gabrielli, Federica Gaiani, Mario Guerrieri, Angelo Guttadauro, Yoram Kluger, Ari K. Leppaniemi, Andrea Loffredo, Tiziana Meschi, Ernest E. Moore, Monica Ortenzi, Francesco Pata, Dario Parini, Adolfo Pisanu, Gilberto Poggioli, Andrea Polistena, Alessandro Puzziello, Fabio Rondelli, Massimo Sartelli, Neil Smart, Michael E. Sugrue, Patricia Tejedor, Marco Vacante, Federico Coccolini, Justin Davies, Fausto Catena
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2021-07-01
Series:	World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Subjects:	Rectal cancer Elderly Frailty Multidisciplinary management Consensus
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-021-00378-9

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