Intentional avoidance of the esophagus using intensity modulated radiation therapy to reduce dysphagia after palliative thoracic radiation

BACKGROUND: Palliative thoracic radiotherapy is an effective technique to alleviate symptoms of disease burden in advanced-stage lung cancer patients. Previous randomized controlled studies demonstrated a survival benefit in patients with good performance status at radiation doses of 35Gy(10) or gre...

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Autores principales: Granton, Patrick V., Palma, David A., Louie, Alexander V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0771-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5267414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0771-6

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