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Hepatocellular carcinoma in the very elderly: To treat or not to treat?

✍ Scribed by Arbaje, Yamil M. ;Carbone, Paul P.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
421 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0098-1532

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The authors briefly review the age distribution of HCC and the treatments used. We concluded that therapy should not be arbitrarily withheld based solely on chronological age. Older cancer patients deserve the right to be treated if they so wish. Β© 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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