How would you manage an elderly patient with GE junction adenocarcinoma who is not interested in surgery and who has ulcerative colitis (not currently on medication or symptomatic)?
Would you be concerned about toxicity given that he has ulcerative colitis?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Ulcerative colitis is generally a disease limited to the colon, and is an important distinction from Crohn's disease, which is truly anywhere from mouth to anus in the GI tract. These two diseases are on a spectrum of inflammatory bowel disease and there can be some overlap, but in general I would p...