How Should Palliative Thoracic Radiotherapy Be Fractionated for Octogenarians with Lung Cancer?

Conclusion: Survival outcomes were highly variable. Given that survival after 10 fractions of 3 Gy was indistinguishable from that after two fractions of 8.5 Gy, we suggest that the latter regimen should be considered for patients with poor prognosis. Patients with favorable prognostic factors should be treated with higher radiation doses, e.g. 15 fractions of 3 Gy.
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