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Feasibility of subtotal esophagectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy in selected elderly patients with esophageal cancer; a propensity score matching analysis.

Mitsuro KandaMasahiko KoikeChie TanakaDaisuke KobayashiMasamichi HayashiSuguru YamadaGoro NakayamaKenji OmaeYasuhiro Kodera
Published in: BMC surgery (2019)
Older age (≥75 years) had limited impact on morbidity, disease recurrence, and survival after subtotal esophagectomy. Therefore, age should not prevent older patients from benefitting from surgery.
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