Advanced Geriatric Evaluation and Quality of Life in Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Colorectal cancer (CRC) disproportionately affects patients aged 70 years and older. Surgery is the main treatment modality for CRC, but is associated with increased risk of postoperative morbidity, disability and loss of health related quality of life (HRQL).Frailty is an age related state of functional decline and considered to be an important risk factor for adverse outcome in geriatric oncology.Risk models for adverse outcome may be used for treatment decisions in the elderly, but are often not designed to predict patient related outcome measures and do not include frailty characteristics.