Disparate Use of Chemoradiation in Elderly Patients With Localized Anal Cancer
CONCLUSIONS: In this comprehensive study of patients with stages I-III SCCA, elderly patients were less likely than nonelderly patients to receive SOC CRT. The low proportion of elderly patients receiving SOC CRT with multiagent chemotherapy for localized anal cancer suggests that the optimal treatment approach for this vulnerable population remains undefined.PMID:34111839 | DOI:10.6004/jnccn.2020.7691
Source: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Eric D Miller Ansel P Nalin Dayssy A Diaz Pardo Andrea L Arnett Emily Huang Alessandra C Gasior Pannaga Malalur Hui-Zi Chen Terence M Williams Jose G Bazan Source Type: research
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