ESOPHAGEAL ULCERATION FOLLOWING HIGH-DOSE-RATE INTRALUMINAL BRACHYTHERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

Authors
HISHIKAWA Y IZUMI M KURISU K TANIGUCHI M KAMIKONYA N
Citation
Y. Hishikawa et al., ESOPHAGEAL ULCERATION FOLLOWING HIGH-DOSE-RATE INTRALUMINAL BRACHYTHERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, Radiotherapy and oncology, 28(3), 1993, pp. 252-254
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiotherapy and oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01678140
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
252 - 254
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-8140(1993)28:3<252:EUFHIB>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Prophylaxis of esophageal ulceration was studied in 78 esophageal carc inoma patients after high-dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy. Before the standard treatment regimen of radiotherapy was established, 15/17 patients developed ulcers. This decreased to 19/38 with the standard treatment regimen, and to 9/23 when antiulcer therapy was added (p < 0 .01).