Intraluminal brachytherapy in oesophageal cancer: defining its role and introducing the technique

Intraluminal brachytherapy plays an important role in the treatment of oesophageal tumours. This article aims to define this role in the curative as well as in the palliative treatment settings drawing on data from the literature, and also emphasizing its potential for harm when used inexpertly. It...

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Autores principales: Lettmaier, Sebastian, Strnad, Vratislav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2014
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Review Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097567
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2014.43780
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description Intraluminal brachytherapy plays an important role in the treatment of oesophageal tumours. This article aims to define this role in the curative as well as in the palliative treatment settings drawing on data from the literature, and also emphasizing its potential for harm when used inexpertly. It also provides a short introduction to practical aspects of the treatment procedure and treatment planning.
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spelling pubmed-41056522014-08-05 Intraluminal brachytherapy in oesophageal cancer: defining its role and introducing the technique Lettmaier, Sebastian Strnad, Vratislav J Contemp Brachytherapy Review Paper Intraluminal brachytherapy plays an important role in the treatment of oesophageal tumours. This article aims to define this role in the curative as well as in the palliative treatment settings drawing on data from the literature, and also emphasizing its potential for harm when used inexpertly. It also provides a short introduction to practical aspects of the treatment procedure and treatment planning. Termedia Publishing House 2014-06-28 2014-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4105652/ /pubmed/25097567 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2014.43780 Text en Copyright © 2014 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105652/
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