Chemoradiotherapy as Definitive Treatment for Elderly Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
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Chemoradiotherapy as Definitive Treatment for Elderly Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
Background With the aging population and a rising incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), there is an emerging need for developing strategies to treat elderly patients. Patients and Methods We retrospectively analyzed 158 patients treated with definitive, concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for SCCHN. Clinicopathological characteristics, acute toxicities, and oncolog...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2018/3508795