Objective With the analysis on the clinical characteristics of esophageal carcinoma of the elderly patients and outcomes of different therapies,the advantages and disadvantages of different therapies were evaluated considering survival and adverse effects of the therapies. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 143 cases of elderly patients( aged ≥70 years old) with esophageal carcinoma who had received radiotherapy alone or initial treatment of combined chemoradiotherapy. The dose of radiotherap...