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Table 2 Postoperative mortality for octogenarians and nonagenarians with colorectal or stomach cancer.

From: Postoperative mortality after cancer surgery in octogenarians and nonagenarians: results from a series of 5,390 patients

Type of cancer

80–84 years

85–89 years

90+ years

 
 

n

POM (%)

n

POM (%)

n

POM (%)

p-value

Colorectal

1731

8

837

13

197

20

<0.001

Stomach

293

11

99

20

32

44

<0.001