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Organ preservation. An effective and safe form of cancer treatment
1Department of Medicine, University of South Florida School of Medicine, Tampa, Flordia, USA.
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
In this article we review the current strategies for organ preservation in the treatment of cancer. Organ preservation with functional integrity is particularly beneficial for older patients because the need for complex functional rehabilitation and for the care of permanent stomas may be avoided.