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 populat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021-10-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open Gastroenterology |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000492.full |