Effectiveness of chemoradiation for head and neck cancer in an older patient population

NA VanderWalde, AM Meyer, AM Deal… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
study was to compare chemoradiation therapy (CRT) with radiation therapy (RT) only in an
older patient … In this comparative effectiveness analysis, we did not observe an improvement …

Comparative effectiveness of postoperative chemotherapy among older patients with non-metastatic rectal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy

JL Lund, T Sturmer, HK Sanoff - Journal of geriatric oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
… Postoperative chemotherapy is standard following preoperative chemoradiation therapy (CRT) …
The objective of the study was to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of postoperative …

Comparative effectiveness of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy after gastrectomy among older patients with gastric adenocarcinoma: a SEER–Medicare study

JM Yeh, AC Tramontano, C Hur, D Schrag - Gastric cancer, 2017 - Springer
… , postoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) has been a care standard for US patients in …
, was associated with a survival benefit among older patients with stage II or stage III tumors. …

Comparative outcomes of elderly and non‐elderly patients receiving first‐line palliative chemotherapy for advanced biliary tract cancer

T Kou, M Kanai, K Ikezawa, T Ajiki… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
study, we found that overall survival of elderly patients … with that of non-elderly patients.
Furthermore, the frequency of … studies included patients undergoing surgery or radiotherapy

Chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for anal cancer: a retrospective comparison

A Allal, JM Kurtz, G Pipard, M Marti, R Miralbell… - International Journal of …, 1993 - Elsevier
… in the early years of this study, when radiotherapy was always used as a single modality.
In … , and tended to be withheld in elderly patients. Presentation of the results according to T-…

Radiation therapy is well tolerated and produces excellent control rates in elderly patients with locally advanced head and neck cancers

OK Jilani, P Singh, AG Wernicke, DI Kutler… - Journal of Geriatric …, 2012 - Elsevier
Patients were selected for definitive chemoradiation (… studies have found a significant
difference between 3D RT and IMRT, but no study has done a comparative analysis in the elderly. …

Comparison of postoperative radiotherapy and combined postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the multidisciplinary management of malignant gliomas. A …

CH Chang, J Horton, D Schoenfeld, O Salazer… - Cancer, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
patients were older than 60 than younger than 40 years of age. This is essentially a tumor
which afflicts older patients. … useful for comparing treatment options as designed in this study. …

Postoperative radiochemotherapy using modern radiotherapy techniques in elderly patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: The challenge of weighing …

M Leu, C Patzer, M Guhlich, J Possiel, Y Pilavakis… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
… When comparing elderly patients treated with radiotherapy … The lower survival rate in elderly
patients can be attributed to … In the present study, 98.1% of the elderly patients presented …

Comparative study of the safety and efficacy of first-line cisplatin and carboplatin chemotherapy in elderly patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma

SY Huang, CC Wu, MC Hsieh, KM Rau, PH Chiang… - Oncology, 2020 - karger.com
… concurrent chemoradiotherapy were excluded because they did not fit the “first-line … to
elderly patients with UC remains uncertain [5]. Our study clearly demonstrated that elderly patients

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancers in older patients: Outcomes and their determinants

VK Srinivasalu, N Subramaniam… - Indian Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
… Our findings of elderly patients with a performance status ECOG 1 having a better survival …
study published by der Grun et al.;[ 26 ] elderly patients with ECOG status 2 or 3 in their study