Chemoradiotherapy in geriatric patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Multi-center analysis on the value of standard treatment in the elderly

Chemoradiotherapy in geriatric patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Multi-center analysis on the value of standard treatment in the elderly

Background and purposeTo evaluate the tolerability and outcomes of chemoradiation in elderly patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).Materials and methodsThis multi-center retrospective analysis included 161 patients with SCC of the esophagus with a median age of 73...

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Main Authors: Tilman Bostel, Sati Akbaba, Daniel Wollschläger, Arnulf Mayer, Eirini Nikolaidou, Markus Murnik, Simon Kirste, Alexander Rühle, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Jürgen Debus, Christian Fottner, Markus Moehler, Peter Grimminger, Heinz Schmidberger, Nils Henrik Nicolay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
esophageal cancer
elderly patients
squamous cell cancer
chemoradiation
radiotherapy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2023.1063670/full

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