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7680440

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-five patients with an inoperable or non-resectable oesophageal carcinoma were treated with external radiotherapy to a maximum dose of 60 Gy followed by a booster irradiation by means of intraluminal brachytherapy at a low dose rate (40-112 cGy/h). For this extra irradiation, which lasted 20-36 h, a catheter with a thickness of 3 mm was introduced through the nose. This treatment could be carried out without sedation. The total radiation dose after the combination therapy amounted to 65-75 Gy. Of the 35 patients, 17 were pretreated with dilatation or laser therapy. The palliative effect after the external and internal irradiation was very good; only one patient still had minor dysphagia 6 weeks after the treatment. Transient irradiation oesophagitis occurred in 16 patients. In three patients, a secondary benign stenosis developed. The median duration of survival was 11 months, the 2-year survival rate was 10%. A comparison of these results with a historical control group treated only with external irradiation shows that the duration of survival of these patients appears to be increased during the first 45 weeks.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0028-2162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
137
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
465-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
[Combination external and internal radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma: a new prospect].
pubmed:affiliation
Afd. Radiotherapie, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Leiden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract