Radiotherapy in elderly patients with breast cancer: a literature review of acute and late toxicity.

ABSTRACT: Radiotherapy (RT) induced toxicity in elderly patients is not well documented in the available literature due to the inhomogeneous and fragmentary data. Aim of this study was to review literature data on acute and late toxicity in elderly breast cancer patients treated with RT. The primary endpoint was RT-related acute and late toxicity in elderly breast cancer (BC) patients. The secondary endpoint was RT interruption rate in this patients' population. All studies reporting RT-related acute and/or late toxicity in elderly women with breast cancer were included. All types of RT settings were included and no restriction was applied regarding other primary/adjuvant associated treatment. A bibliographic search was performed on PubMed. Only articles in English were considered while no chronolog

SUBMITTER: Zamagni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8798880 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature