Endoluminal brachytherapy in the treatment of oesophageal cancer: technique description, case report and review of the literature
oleh: Luisa Castilla, Ángeles Rovirosa, Àngels Ginès, Mario Pages, Cristina Camacho, Cesar Quilis, Verónica Pereira, Joan Maurel, Albert Biete
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Aran Ediciones 2015-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Endoesophageal brachytherapy is a useful technique for the palliative treatment of dysphagia in advanced oesophageal cancer. This technique offers good results on dysphagia control and quality of life. We report the case of a patient treated with this technique presenting complete response to the dysphagia. We describe endoesophageal brachyterapy technique and we comment on the literature.