Published October 2011 | Version v1
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.2011.07.034

Additional 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)