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9250015

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
60-70% of all cancers will develop in the year 2000 in persons aged 65 and over. Radiation therapy will play a major role in the treatment of cancer, especially in the elderly. The Italian "Geriatric Radiation Oncology Group" (GROG) performed in 1994 a prospective study, in order to assess the characteristics of any old cancer patient referred to radiation oncology centers (age, gender performance status, comorbidity, activities of daily living, family status) and the main features of the tumor in that patient. In about 6 months 2060 patients aged 70 and over entered the study, of whom 1809 were treated with radiotherapy alone, with curative intent in 563 patients, in combination with surgery and/or chemotherapy in 476 and with palliative intent in 769 patients. Most patients had grade 0-1 acute toxicity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0390-7740
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
53-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Radiotherapy in the elderly: a multicentric prospective study on 2060 patients referred to 37 Italian radiation therapy centers.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università di Firense, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study