Palliative brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy for dysphagia from esophageal cancer: a nationwide survey in Japan.

Terufumi KawamotoNaoki NakamuraTetsuo SaitoAyako TonariHitoshi WadaHideyuki HaradaHikaru KubotaHisayasu NagakuraJoichi HeiannaKazunari MiyazawaKazunari YamadaMasao TagoMasato FushikiMiwako NozakiNobue UchidaNorio ArakiShuhei SekiiTakashi KosugiTakeo TakahashiNaoto Shikama

Published in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2021)

Few facilities routinely considered brachytherapy for the treatment of dysphagia from esophageal cancer in Japan. Conversely, most facilities routinely considered external beam radiotherapy. In the future, it will be necessary to optimize external beam radiotherapy.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
radiation therapy
early stage
high dose
rectal cancer
radiation induced
squamous cell carcinoma
palliative care
electron microscopy
monte carlo
current status
low dose