Chemoradiation in elderly esophageal cancer patients: rationale and design of a phase I/II multicenter study (OSAGE)

Abstract Background The management of elderly patients with cancer is a therapeutic challenge and a public health problem. Definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is an accepted standard treatment for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer who cannot undergo surgery. However, there are few repo...

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Main Authors: Stéphanie Servagi-Vernat, Gilles Créhange, Franck Bonnetain, Cécile Mertens, Etienne Brain, Jean François Bosset
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3465-4