Image-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy after short-course external beam radiotherapy for elderly/frail rectal cancer patients.
PURPOSE For elderly and frail patients with rectal cancer, unfit for radical surgery or extensive chemoradiation schedules, radiotherapy dose escalation by use of high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) may be an alternative organ-preserving approach. METHODS 15 elderly/frail patients (median age, 83 years; ECOG 1‑2: 8...