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Table 5 Local recurrrence rate

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

 

< 75 years

≥ 75 years

AR

7% (6–8%)

8% (7–10%)

APE

9% (8–11%)

10% (7–12%)

HA

12% (7–18%)

12% (8–16%)

  1. Calculation based on 6557 curative operations 1995–2001. Values given as percentages with 95% confidence interval in brackets. AR, anterior resection, APE, abdominoperineal excision, HA, Hartmann's procedure.
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