The impact of age on the survival outcomes and risk of radiation pneumonitis in patients with unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer receiving chemoradiotherapy.

Conclusions: The clinical characteristics of the older patients in our study differed from those of the younger patients, and the older patients were more likely to choose conservative treatment. OS was longer in the older patients and more cases of fatal RP occurred in the older group. PMID: 32944347 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research