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What is the upper age limit to receive radio and chemeotherapy?
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No absolute limit: In the past there was hesitation to give chemotherapy to the elderly patients(>75 year olds). Bu the age of elderly for the sake of chemo keeps getting longer and longer such that we now treat patients with chemotherapy well into their late eighties and even into early nineties.. Radiotherapy keen be given to all ages , there being no upper age limit.
Answered 5/24/2017
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