Radiotherapy in the Elderly Cancer Patients

ÇETİNGÖZ E. R.

TIBBI ONKOLOJI - GERIATRIK ONKOLOJI, ss.48-53, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: TIBBI ONKOLOJI - GERIATRIK ONKOLOJI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.48-53
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Radiotherapy, elderly, cancer
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Radiotherapy is one of the most important treatment modalities in cancer treatment and is used with curative and palliative aims. Standard treatments are not well established in the elderly because of the lack of randomized trials. Higher radiotherapy doses can be delivered with modern radiotherapy techniques with less side effects. Radiotherapy can be applied with success in the elderly and increases the local control, overall survival and quality of life. Therefore, having the radiation oncologist opinion before the final treatment decision is very important. In this review the role of radiotherapy in the elderly will be discussed in the light of current literature.