Open AccessClinical features, outcomes and treatment-related pneumonitis in elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma
Author(s) -
Jian He,
ZhaoChong Zeng,
Shi-Ming Shi,
Ping Yang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.13185
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , incidence (geometry) , stage (stratigraphy) , carcinoma , pneumonitis , multivariate analysis , proportional hazards model , gastroenterology , oncology , lymph node , lung , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
To investigate the clinical features and prognoses of elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma and to compare the effects of radiotherapy and rates of treatment-related pneumonitis (TRP) between elderly and non-elderly patients.