Open AccessEfficacy of Endoscopic Evaluation of Acute Radiation Esophagitis during Chemoradiotherapy with Proton Beam Therapy Boost for Esophageal Cancer
Author(s) -
Kenkei Hasatani,
Hiroyasu Tamamura,
Kazutaka Yamamoto,
Haruhiko Aoyagi,
Tamon Miyanaga,
Yasuharu Kaizaki,
Takeshi Sawada
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
digestion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1421-9867
pISSN - 0012-2823
DOI - 10.1159/000500039
Subject(s) - esophagitis , medicine , common terminology criteria for adverse events , esophageal cancer , chemoradiotherapy , adverse effect , radiation therapy , endoscopy , esophagus , cancer , gastroenterology , nuclear medicine , radiology , disease , reflux
To evaluate the utility of endoscopy for assessing radiation esophagitis during chemoradiotherapy (CRT) with proton beam therapy (PBT) boost for esophageal cancer.