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Palliative radiotherapy in addition to self-expanding metal stent for improving dysphagia and survival in advanced oesophageal cancer (ROCS: Radiotherapy after Oesophageal Cancer Stenting): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: The single most distressing symptom for patients with advanced esophageal cancer is dysphagia. Amongst the more effective treatments for relief of dysphagia is insertion of a self-expanding metal stent (SEMS). It is possible that the addition of a palliative dose of external beam radioth...

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Autores principales: Adamson, Douglas, Blazeby, Jane, Nelson, Annmarie, Hurt, Chris, Nixon, Lisette, Fitzgibbon, Jim, Crosby, Tom, Staffurth, John, Evans, Mim, Kelly, Noreen Hopewell, Cohen, David, Griffiths, Gareth, Byrne, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-402