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?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Gastrointestinal Cancers

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

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 adapt...

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Radiation Oncologist at University of Tennessee / West Clinic
I agree with @Christopher H. Crane's approach abov...

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