About role for curative radiotherapy in elderly
September 25th, 2009 Posted in radiation therapyA research team at Institut Jean-Godinot,Reims, France, discussed the place of radiotherapy given in a curative intent in elderly patients with localised prostate cancer according to complications, local control, survival observed in a specific and a review of the literature.
According to researchers, there were no negative impact of the treatment on disease free survival and global survival. Recent literature did suggest analogous results. Radiation therapy with a curative intent should not be systematically withheld in elderly patients with localised