Zeliha Güzelöz, İlknur Bilkay Görken, Barbaros Aydın, Fatma Sert, Deniz Yalman, Murtaza Parvizi, Gülhan Güler Avcı, Pelin Altınok, Hatice Halis, Şefika Arzu Ergen, Züleyha Akgün, Elif Özkan, Yıldız Güney, Didem Karaçetin, Nuri Kaydıhan, Mürsel Düzova, Murat Akın, Bora Uysal, Mihriban Erdoğan, Hülya Ellidokuz, Gamze Aksu, Evrim Metcalfe
INTRODUCTION: The choice of treatment for rectal cancer often differs in older and younger patients, with the rate of radiotherapy use lower among older adults. In our daily practice, when evaluating a frail older patient with rectal cancer, we usually choose to give less treatment. This may be due to concern that the patient will not be able to tolerate radiotherapy. The Geriatric 8 score (G8GS) is a guide to evaluating treatment tolerability as it relates to frailty in older adults with cancer...
March 15, 2024: Journal of Geriatric Oncology