An elderly patient scheduled for cancer treatments may require age-related adjustments in dosages for some procedures. Which kind of treatment can be administered without any age-related adjustment?
A) Surgery
B) Radiation
C) Chemotherapy
D) Biologic therapy
B
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The elderly can tolerate radiation as well as younger patients can, but the other choices require some adjustment. The anesthetics and other drugs needed during surgery may have untoward effects, and dosages of chemotherapeutic or biologic agents also must be reduced for the elderly.
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