Primary radio(chemo)therapy for esophageal cancer in elderly patients: are efficiency and toxicity comparable with younger patients?

PURPOSE: In elderly patients with esophageal cancer (EC), esophagectomy is associated with an increased mortality, and therefore these patients are often treated with definite (chemo)radiation. The purpose of this study was to assess the toxicity and efficiency of definite radio(chemo)therapy in pat...

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Autores principales: Münch, Stefan, Heinrich, Christine, Habermehl, Daniel, Oechsner, Markus, Combs, Stephanie E., Duma, Marciana-Nona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-017-0265-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28683820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-017-0265-x

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