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The elderly patients with colorectal cancer need careful multidisciplinary evaluation and optimizing comprehensive management

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  1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Mo-Jin Wang, Zi-Qiang Wang & Zong-Guang Zhou

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Rui Wang

  3. Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

    Jie Ping & Xiao-Feng Sun

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Wang, MJ., Wang, ZQ., Wang, R. et al. The elderly patients with colorectal cancer need careful multidisciplinary evaluation and optimizing comprehensive management. Int J Colorectal Dis 30, 713–714 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-014-2036-2

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