title: Estimating radiation therapy toxicity and tolerability with comprehensive assessment parameters in geriatric cancer patients.
abstract: Cancer prevalance and incidence is increasing with aging of populations and age is a critical factor in decision-making for anti-cancer treatment. However it is believed that chronological age is not enough to guide management in elderly cancer patients. Multidisciplinary evaluation and comprehensive geriatric assessment has gained importance regarding the treatment selection especially for definitive anti-cancer therapy recently. We here aimed to analyse the effect of the comprehensive geriatric assessment parameters on radiotherapy toxicity and tolerability in a series of geriatric cancer patients in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Gazi University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ankara, Turkey E-mail : ulgersukran@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sukran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ulger
authors.forename: Muhammet Cemal
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kizilarslanoglu
authors.forename: Mustafa Kemal
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Diclehan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Bekir Eren
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: Zekeriya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ulger
authors.forename: Eray
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karahacioglu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014421:Turkey