Do you offer hypofractionated courses of radiation with temozolomide for "elderly" patients with GBM?
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Radiation Oncology · Kaiser Permanente
The ASTRO GBM guideline states the following with regard to elderly patients:
“Given the absence of proven superiority for conventionally fractionated radiation therapy, the panel recommends hypofractionated radiation therapy for elderly patients with fair-good performance status (high quality eviden...
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Radiation Oncology · University of North Carolina
This question has been asked in a randomized clinical trial, "A phase III randomized controlled trial of short-course radiotherapy with or without concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide in elderly patients with glioblastoma" and will be presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting Plenary Session by James Pe...