TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Special Issues Concerning Radiotherapy in Older Cancer Patients
A1  - Price, Allan
A2  - Ring, Alistair
A2  - Harari, Danielle
A2  - Kalsi, Tania
A2  - Mansi, Janine
A2  - Selby, Peter
PY  - 2018
T2  - Problem Solving in Older Cancer Patients
AB  - In  2011,  among  the  three  commonest  cancers  for  which  radiotherapy  is  the  standard  treatment,  22,000  women  over  the  age  of  65  were  diagnosed  with  breast  cancer,  32,000  men  and  women  over  65  with  lung  cancer,  and  31,000  men  with  prostate  cancer.1  Delaney  and  coworkers2  estimated  the  ideal  use  of  radiotherapy  in  these  populations  as  83%,  76%  and  60%,  respectively,  amounting  to  61,000  individuals  for  these  three  cancers  alone.  Other  sites  for  which  over  half  of  patients  were  expected  to  receive  radiotherapy  included  rectum,  head  and  neck,  oesophagus,  stomach,  pancreas,  lymphoma,  bladder  and  CNS.  There  is  therefore  a  large  pool  of  older  patients  for  whom  radiotherapy  is  likely  to  represent  a  component  of  their  treatment  pathway.  
SN  - 
PB  - Clinical Publishing
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2021/03/09
UR  - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1152357747
ER  -