Predictors of outcome of single-dose brachytherapy for the palliation of dysphagia from esophageal cancer

Brachytherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Homs, Marjolein Y V ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Eijkenboom, Wilhelmina M H ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Chemotherapy; Dysphagia; Esophageal cancer; Palliation; Stent placement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE RESEARCHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645106395     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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