Comprehensive geriatric assessment guided radiotherapy in elderly patients with locally advanced rectal cancer—exploratory results on nonoperative cohort of a multicenter prospective study
Yue-Xin Yang, Yuan Tang, Ning Li, Yu Tang, Yun-Jie Cheng, Lin Yang, Hui Fang, Ning-Ning Lu, Shu-Nan Qi, Bo Chen, Shu-Lian Wang, Yong-Wen Song, Yue-Ping Liu, Ye-Xiong Li, Zheng Liu, Jian-Wei Liang, Hai-Zeng Zhang, Hai-Tao Zhou, Jun Wang, Wen-Yang Liu, Jing Jin · 2024
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Yue-Xin Yang and co-authors wrote a 2024 paper on treating rectal cancer in older patients. The patients had cancer that had spread near the rectum but not far in the body, and they could not or would not have surgery. Care used radiation, in some cases with drugs, but the best plan for older people was not clear.
The team ran a multi-center trial for patients over seventy and sorted them by a full health check into fit, middle, and frail groups. Each group got a plan matched to its strength, from drug plus long radiation down to short radiation alone. The paper reports early results for the group that did not have surgery, covering side effects and survival. It tests whether matching the plan to the person works in practice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yue-Xin Yang, Yuan Tang, Ning Li, Yu Tang, Yun-Jie Cheng, Lin Yang, Hui Fang, Ning-Ning Lu, Shu-Nan Qi, Bo Chen, Shu-Lian Wang, Yong-Wen Song, Yue-Ping Liu, Ye-Xiong Li, Zheng Liu, Jian-Wei Liang, Hai-Zeng Zhang, Hai-Tao Zhou, Jun Wang, Wen-Yang Liu, Jing Jin |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |