Elderly Lung Cancer Patients and Radiochemotherapy: A Review

Autor:	F. Cartei, G. Pascale, Francesco Fiorica, Silvia Princivalle, Antonio Stefanelli
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Clinical trial medicine.medical_specialty Older patients Geriatric oncology business.industry medicine Cancer Intensive care medicine Lung cancer medicine.disease business humanities respiratory tract diseases
Zdroj:	Journal of Cancer Therapy. :359-363
ISSN:	2151-1942 2151-1934
DOI:	10.4236/jct.2012.324047
Popis:	More than 60% of lung cancer patients in Europe and the USA are older than 65 years at the time of diagnosis. Despite this, elderly patients are generally under-represented in clinical trials. That being so, a general consensus on how to treat elderly patients is still far from being achieved. In this review, we address some of the issues and challenges surrounding the treatment of older cancer patients and radiochemotherapy. We discuss the existing evidence related to radio-chemotherapy in the elderly, focusing primarily on the lung cancer (NSCLC and SCLC) most commonly seen in older patients, and making general treatment recommendations.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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