Clinical outcome of elderly patients (≥ 70 years) with esophageal cancer undergoing definitive or neoadjuvant radio(chemo)therapy: a retrospective single center analysis

Clinical outcome of elderly patients (≥ 70 years) with esophageal cancer undergoing definitive or neoadjuvant radio(chemo)therapy: a retrospective single center analysis

Abstract Background To analyse the outcome of elderly patients (≥70 years) with esophageal cancer treated with curative intent radio(chemo)therapy. Methods Fifty five patients (median 75 years) receiving curative intent radio(chemo)therapy for esophageal cancer from 1999 to 2015 were retrospectively...

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Main Authors: Franziska Walter, David Böckle, Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Rebecca Köpple, Sabine Gerum, Stefan Boeck, Martin Angele, Claus Belka, Falk Roeder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Elderly
Esophageal cancer
Chemoradiation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1044-8

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