Radiation therapy in cancer patients 80 years of age and older

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 526-530

  Wasil, Tarun ^a,b   Lichtman, Stuart M ^a,b   Gupta, Varun ^a,b   Rush, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Long Island Radiation Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Geriatrics; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034442751     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200010000-00019     Document Type: Article

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