Patient selection in major upper abdominal surgery for cancer in octogenarians

Key Points

• The overall rates of major upper abdominal cancer resections in octogenarians have increased over time.
• The number of major liver and pancreatic resections for cancer in this demographic has more than doubled from 2001 to 2011.
• This trend may be the result of an emboldened surgical approach within the context of increasingly favorable inpatient mortality rates from elective surgeries of the pancreas and liver.

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