15-Year Experience with Multimodality Therapy Including Esophagectomy For Elderly Patients with Locoregional Esophageal Cancer

Optimal curative therapy for locally advanced esophageal (E) and esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancer may not be offered to elderly patients due to patient and treating physician perception of the high risk of therapy. To understand the risk of multimodality curative therapy including surgical resection in the elderly population, we studied our experience with curative therapy in this patient population and compared the risks and outcomes to those in a younger population

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - February 4, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: W Peter Sawyer, Xinyi Luo, Andrew M. Welch, Nathan M. Bolton, Russell Brown, John S. Bolton Tags: Southern Surgical Association Article Source Type: research