Randomized prospective study comparing high-dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy (HDRILBT) alone with HDRILBT and external beam radiotherapy in the palliation of advanced esophageal cancer

Brachytherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 191-195

  Sur, Ranjan ^a,b,e   Donde, Bernard ^b   Falkson, Conrad ^a   Ahmed, Sheikh Nisar ^b   Levin, Victor ^c   Nag, Subir ^d   Wong, Raimond ^a   Jones, Glenn ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Dosimetry Section RIHU   (Austria)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dysphagia; Esophageal cancer; External beam radiotherapy; Fistulae; High dose rate; Palliation; Strictures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION SICKNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10644267813     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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