Combined brachytherapy and external beam radiation: an effective approach for palliation in esophageal cancer

PURPOSE: Palliation of dysphagia is a challenge in advanced esophageal cancer. The addition of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to intraluminal brachytherapy (ILBT) has shown significant improvement in dysphagia relief and symptom scores. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of...

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Autores principales: Laskar, Sarbani Ghosh, Lewis, Shirley, Agarwal, Jai Prakash, Mishra, Shagun, Mehta, Shaesta, Patil, Prachi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2015
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4716132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26816502
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.56765

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4716132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26816502
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.56765

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