Open AccessEffectiveness of two high-dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy schedules for symptom palliation in carcinoma esophagus: A tertiary care center experience
Author(s) -
Rakesh Kapoor,
Anshuma Bansal,
Rakesh Kochhar,
Pankaj Kumar,
Suresh C. Sharma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.97347
Subject(s) - medicine , brachytherapy , dysphagia , esophagus , bolus (digestion) , radiation therapy , carcinoma , nuclear medicine , radiology , surgery
The aim was to analyze different radiation schedules with high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy in patients with unresectable carcinoma esophagus in terms of dysphagia-free survival (DyFS), local control (LC), disease-free survival (DFS), and complications.