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Objective: To analyze surgical (including minimally invasive) treatment of advanced age patients with colon cancer and severe comorbidities., Material and Methods: Advanced age patients with colon cancer (≥60 years) were compared with younger ones. Concomitant diseases were detected in 94,4% of older patients and in 45,9% of patients in the control group (χ 2 =51,747; p <0,001)., Results: Surgery time, intraoperative blood loss, length of hospital-stay, postoperative morbidity and mortality were similar., Conclusion: Severe comorbidities did not significantly affect surgical outcomes in these patients and did not increase postoperative morbidity and mortality.

Aim: To assess the role of endoscopic technologies in treatment of complicated forms of colorectal cancer., Material and Methods: Our trial included patients after endoscopic intervention (n=18) and open surgery (n=11)., Results: Mean time of surgery in this group was 158.8±10.7 minutes. In elective surgery group this value was 161.3 minutes (p>0.05). Mean blood loss was not great (near 122.5±17.9 ml). Overall and postoperative hospital-stay was 23.1±2.4 and 8.6±0.5 days, respectively. There were no intraoperative and postoperative complications., Conclusion: Endoscopic interventions may be performed for colon cancer for emergency indications including patients with severe complications.