The relationship between frailty, malnutrition, BMI, disease stage, systemic inflammation and survival in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer
Alexander Grayston,Stephen Leadbitter,Dominic Coates,Adam Hounat,Irvine W. Kamande,Ross D. Dolan,Campbell S.D. Roxburgh,Josh McGovern,Paul G. Horgan,Donald C. McMillan
Background: Frailty has been shown to be a robust predictor of short-term outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC). The relationship with long-term survival outcomes in CRC has sparsely been studied.