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BACKGROUND:The influence of age on the patterns and outcomes of external beam radiotherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer patients was examined. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The Japanese Patterns of Care Study surveys were used to compare the processes and outcomes of radical external beam radiotherapy in 140 elderly patients (>75 years old) and 304 younger patients (<75 years old). RESULTS:Although the Karnofsky performance status was significantly different between elderly and younger patients, there were no significant differences in disease characteristics such as pretreatment PSA level, differentiation, Gleason combined score and clinical T stage. There were also no significant differences in the treatment characteristics such as CT-based treatment planning, conformal therapy, total radiation doses (both a median of 66.0 Gy) and hormonal therapy usage. Moreover, no significant differences in overall survival, biochemical relapse-free survival and late toxicity rates were observed between elderly and younger patients. CONCLUSION:Age did not influence the disease characteristics, patterns of external beam radiotherapy, survival and late toxicities for clinically localized prostate cancer patients. Therefore, radiotherapy could represent an important treatment modality for elderly patients as well as for younger ones.
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Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Ogawa K,Nakamura K,Onishi H,Koizumi M,Sasaki T,Araya M,Miyabe Y,Otani Y,Teshima T,Japanese Patterns of Care Study Working Subgroup of Prostate Cancer.subject
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2006-03-01 00:00:00pages
1319-25issue
2Beissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
26pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The effects of the oral administration of 100 mg/kg/day egg-white lysozyme (EWL) on the expression of CD3, CD4, CD8 and CD25 antigens of lymphocytes harvested from IEL and mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNL) were tested in mice bearing MCa mammary carcinoma. Lysozyme, after oral administration, retains its enzymatic activit...
journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13880
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1982-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.12937
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11367
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13749
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13923
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00