Strahlentherapie bei älteren Menschen mit inoperablem Ösophaguskarziom@@@Radiotherapy in elderly patients with inoperable esophageal cancer: Gibt es einen Vorteil?@@@Is there a benefit?

Radiation oncologists increasingly face elderly cancer patients impaired by comorbidities and reduced performance status. As less data are available for this particular group of patients, the aim of the study was to assess the prognosis of inoperable esophageal cancer patients ≥ 70 years undergoing definitive radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy.