Published October 2011
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Journal article
Radiotherapy in digestive tumours in elderly patients
- 1. Centre de lutte contre le cancer Paul-Strauss, Strasbourg (France)
Description
The authors comment the taking into care of a digestive cancer in the case of elderly patient. These patients are treated by radiotherapy, operative radiotherapy with concomitant chemotherapy, or pre-operative radiotherapy, depending on the age, on the cancer type, with an adaptation of the total dose or with a hypo-fractionation of the treatment. Short communication
Availability note (English)
Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canrad.2011.07.034Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Radiotherapie dans les tumeurs digestives chez le patient age
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Cancer Radiotherapie
- Journal Volume
- 15
- Journal Issue
- 6-7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 572
- ISSN
- 1278-3218
- CODEN
- CARAFC
Conference
- Title
- 22. national congress of the French society of oncological radiotherapy (SFRO)
- Original Conference Title
- 22. congres national de la Societe Francaise de Radiotherapie Oncologique (SFRO)
- Dates
- 5-7 Oct 2011
- Place
- Paris (France)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 43041550
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEMOTHERAPY; COMBINED THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ELDERLY PEOPLE; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION PROCEDURES; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; TOLERANCE
- Descriptors DEC
- ADULTS; AGE GROUPS; AGED ADULTS; ANIMALS; DISEASES; DOSES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IRRADIATION; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; MINORITY GROUPS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POPULATIONS; PRIMATES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; VERTEBRATES