Stereotactic body radiotherapy in the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in elderly patients

Treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the elderly is often complicated by comorbidities that preclude surgery, chemotherapy and/or conventional external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has thus garnered interest in this setting. A retrospective review of 26 p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Radiation oncology (London, England) England), 2013-10, Vol.8 (1), p.240-240, Article 240
Hauptverfasser:	Kim, Carolyn H, Ling, Diane C, Wegner, Rodney E, Flickinger, John C, Heron, Dwight E, Zeh, Herbert, Moser, Arthur J, Burton, Steven A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Adenocarcinoma - mortality Adenocarcinoma - surgery Aged patients Aged, 80 and over Anorexia Back pain Cancer therapies Chemotherapy Comorbidity Disease Disease-Free Survival Female Health aspects Humans Kaplan-Meier Estimate Male Medical equipment and supplies industry Medical test kit industry Medical treatment Metastasis Mortality Older people Oncology Pancreas Pancreatic cancer Pancreatic Neoplasms - mortality Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery Patient safety Radiation therapy Radiosurgery - methods Radiotherapy Retrospective Studies Spinal cord Statistical analysis Studies Surgery Tumors
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