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Palliative radiotherapy to maintain outpatient status in elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma

Author(s) -

Kenjiro Ishii,

Yasuhiro Tsubosa,

Masahiro Niihara,

Toshiya Akai,

Wataru Soneda

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

annals of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2224-5839

pISSN - 2224-5820

DOI - 10.21037/apm-19-666

Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , palliative care , radiation therapy , general surgery , intensive care medicine , nursing

Radiation monotherapy effectively relieves symptoms of esophageal cancer. Many studies have reported relief from dysphagia with this treatment; however, the degree of the dysphagia is subjective. On the other hand, the length of outpatient management is objective. In this study, we investigated how radiation monotherapy can contribute to helping elderly patients with esophageal cancer remain as outpatients.

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