Endoluminal brachytherapy in the treatment of oesophageal cancer. Technique description, case report and review of the literature.

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 dys...

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Autores: Castilla, Luisa, Rovirosa Casino, Angeles, Ginès i Gibert, M. Àngels, Pagès Llinàs, M. (Mario), Camacho, Cristina, Quilis, César, Pereira, María Verónica, Maurel Santasusana, Joan, Biete Solà, Albert
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/106387
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/106387
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Esòfag
Càncer
Braquiteràpia
Estudi de casos
Esophagus
Cancer
Radioisotope brachytherapy
Case studies
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Sumario: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.

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