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Role of Chemotherapy in the Very Elderly Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer — A Veterans Affairs Cancer Registry Analysis
Chemotherapy Extends Survival in Elderly With Pancreatic Cancer
IT Aldoss, T Tashi, W Gonsalves, RK Kalaiah, X Fang, P Silberstein, AK Ganti, S Subbiah
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2011 Jul 1
Journal of Geriatric Oncology
Role of Chemotherapy in the Very Elderly Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer — A Veterans Affairs Cancer Registry Analysis
Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 2011 Jul 1;2(3):209-215, IT Aldoss, T Tashi, W Gonsalves, RK Kalaiah, X Fang, P Silberstein, AK Ganti, S Subbiah
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Background: Metastatic pancreatic cancer is an incurable disease with dismal prognosis, ranging from 2 to 6 months. The role of chemotherapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer in very elderly patients (≥ 80 years) has not been well studied. Methods: We reviewed all cases of metastatic pancreatic cancer in patients aged ≥ 80 years in the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry (VACCR) from 1995 to 2007. Four hundred and forty patients were identified. Type of therapy received, tumor grade, tobacco...
