Optimum fractionation for high-dose-rate endoesophageal brachytherapy following external irradiation of early stage esophageal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 525-530

  Akagi, Yukio ^a   Hirokawa, Yutaka ^a   Kagemoto, Masayuki ^b   Matsuura, Kanji ^b   Ito, Atsushi ^a   Fujita, Kazushi ^a   Kenjo, Masahiro ^a   Kiriu, Hiroshi ^a   Ito, Katsuhide ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological effective dose; Double balloon applicator; Early stage esophageal cancer; Endoesophageal brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033048671     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00433-7     Document Type: Article

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