Single modality radical radiotherapy is an acceptable alternative for the older patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus

BACKGROUND: Oesophageal cancer remains a common cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Increasingly, oncology centres are treating an older population and comorbidities may preclude multimodality treatment with chemoradiotherapy (CRT). We review outcomes of radical radiotherapy (RT) in an older popula...

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Autores principales: Derby, Sarah, Forshaw, Matthew, Lowrie, Caroline, Grose, Derek, Marashi, Husam, McLoone, Philip, Wilson, Christina, McIntosh, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Cancer
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7843319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33504498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000492

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7843319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33504498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000492

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