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Table 1 Type of operation and tumor stage versus age of patients with abdominal tumor resection (N = 11,725)

From: Rectal cancer treatment and outcome in the elderly: an audit based on the Swedish rectal cancer registry 1995–2004

Operation

Tumor stage

< 75 years of age

≥ 75 years of age

P value

AR

 

N = 4,514

N = 2,235

0.001

 

Stage I-III

3,980 (88.2)

2,035 (91.1)

 
 

Stage IV

475 (10.5)

185 (8.3)

 
 

Stage not known

59 (1.4)

15 (0.6)

 

APE

 

N = 2181

N = 1,277

0.001

 

Stage I-III

1,887 (86.5)

1,155 (90.4)

 
 

Stage IV

246 (11.3)

111 (8.7)

 
 

Stage not known

48 (2.2)

11 (0.9)

 

HA

 

N = 642

N = 876

< 0.001

 

Stage I-III

362 (56.4)

696 (79.5)

 
 

Stage IV

266 (41.4)

157 (17.9)

 
 

Stage not known

14 (2.2)

23 (2.6)

 

Abdominal surgery

 

N = 7,337

N = 4,388

< 0.001

 

Stage I-III

6,229 (84.9)

3,886 (88.6)

 
 

Stage IV

987 (13.4)

453 (10.3)

 
 

Stage not known

121 (1.7)

49 (1.1)

 
  1. Values are absolute numbers with percentages given in brackets. Chi-squared test used for analysis of difference between age groups. AR, anterior resection. APE, abdominoperineal excision. HA, Hartmann's procedure.