Clinical features, outcomes and treatment-related pneumonitis in elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma
Clinical features, outcomes and treatment-related pneumonitis in elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma作者机构:Department of Radiation Oncology Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2014年第20卷第36期
页 面:13185-13190页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
基 金:Supported by The Ministry of Civil Affairs of the China No.2008 47-2-53
主 题:Esophageal carcinoma Radiation therapy Elderly patients Treatment-related pneumonitis Survival rate
摘 要:AIM: To investigate the clinical features and prognoses of elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma and to compare the effects of radiotherapy and rates of treatment-related pneumonitis (TRP) between elderly and non-elderly patients.