Esophageal Cancer in Elderly Patients, Current Treatment Options and Outcomes; A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis

Esophageal Cancer in Elderly Patients, Current Treatment Options and Outcomes; A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis

Esophageal cancer, despite its tendency to increase among younger patients, remains a disease of the elderly, with the peak incidence between 70–79 years. In spite of that, elderly patients are still excluded from major clinical trials and they are frequently offered suboptimal treatment even for cu...

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Main Authors: Styliani Mantziari, Hugo Teixeira Farinha, Vianney Bouygues, Jean-Charles Vignal, Yannick Deswysen, Nicolas Demartines, Markus Schäfer, Guillaume Piessen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
esophageal cancer
elderly
surgery
esophagectomy
definitive chemoradiation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/9/2104

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