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Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology
How old was the most elderly patient you have successfully treated with definitive radiation or chemoradiation for advanced oropharyngeal cancer?
Is there an age in which you would not offer definitive treatment?
How do systemic therapy options, dose, and field sizes change with age of the patient?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
The question with elderly patients should be whether length of life times magnitude of benefit warrants the toxicity and cost of treatment. Focusing on the length of life alone can obscure the fact the definitive treatment can alleviate pain and suffering far better than palliative treatment in...
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