Colorectal Cancer In The Elderly Patient

Abstract

Colorectal neoplasms present a serious diagnostic and therapeutic problem. Continuously increasing morbidity affects the elderly people in particular and considering the aging of the society and enhanced impact of the factors with a proved role in carcinogenesis, this tendency is predicted to remain unchanged in the near future. Therefore, it seems justified to thoroughly analyze the specificity of this patient group accordingly adjust the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The elderly patients require an interdisciplinary care both in the preparation and postoperative period. A multispecialty senior staff case meeting seems thus essential to determine the most beneficial treatment approach. Development of additional algorithms for the elderly patient with colorectal cancer is warranted.