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
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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.
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