Feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy for elderly patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

Feasibility of image-guided radiotherapy for elderly patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

PURPOSE: The study aims to assess the tolerance of elderly patients (70 years or older) with locally advanced rectal cancers to image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). A retrospective review of 13 elderly patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who underwent preoperative chemoradiation using IGRT was...

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Main Authors: Nam P Nguyen, Misty Ceizyk, Jacqueline Vock, Paul Vos, Alexander Chi, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Judy Pugh, Rihan Khan, Christina Truong, Gabby Albala, Angela Locke, Ulf Karlsson, Steve Gelumbauskas, Lexie Smith-Raymond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742779?pdf=render

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