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What dose-fractionation would you utilize when treating an elderly patient with local-only pancreatic cancer who is not eligible for systemic therapy or surgery?

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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Elderly means different things to different people. Both PS and age have to be considered. Fatigue in particular is an issue with radiation in the elderly with poor PS. They bounce back very slowly.

We now offer a definitive option using an SBRT technique, DIBH, CBCT IGRT, and selective adaptive pl...

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