Figure 1From: Rectal cancer treatment and outcome in the elderly: an audit based on the Swedish rectal cancer registry 1995–2004 Relative five-year survival rate (95% confidence interval) for patients curatively treated with abdominal surgery for rectal cancer 1995–2004. N = 9,705 (of 11,510 curative and noncurative operations). AR, anterior resection. APE, abdominoperineal excision. HA, Hartmann's procedure.Back to article page