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7688549

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-eight patients with non-resectable cancer of the oesophagus and oesophagogastric junction (group A: Stage I/II: n = 32; group B: Stage III/IV: n = 16) underwent intralumenal iridium-192 high dose-rate afterloading brachytherapy (5-7 Gy/session, total dose 5-21 Gy, mean 12.4 Gy) and external beam irradiation (Karnofsky > or = 80%: 50-60 Gy/2 Gy per day; Karnofsky 60%-79%: 30 Gy/3 per day). Prolonged satisfactory palliation (intake of at least semi-solid food) was demonstrated in 96% of patients. The mean survival for group A was 19.1 months and that for group B 6.9 months, with a 12-month survival rate of 66% for group A and 0% for group B (P < 0.001). Local tumour response and complication rate were significantly dose related with a predicted response rate of 70.5% and a complication rate of 50% at extrapolated response dose (ERD) 129.3 GY3 (Gy at alpha/beta = 3).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0936-6555
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
154-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Iridium-192 high dose rate brachytherapy combined with external beam irradiation in non-resectable oesophageal cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiotherapy, University of Graz, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article