Published April 2010
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Journal article
Radical radiotherapy for patient 75 year of age or older with esophageal cancer
Creators
- 1. Hiroshima City Hospital, Hiroshima, Hiroshima (Japan)
- 2. Miyoshi Central Hospital, Miyoshi, Hiroshima (Japan)
Description
We reported long-term results of external beam radiotherapy with or without brachytherapy for esophagus carcinoma in patients with 75 years or older. From 1992 to 2007, 41 elderly patients were treated. The median survival time and overall survival rate at 3 years was 16.4 months and 26%, respectively. The significant prognostic factors were stage and primary response. To optimize radiotherapy field and dose modification for this disease in elderly is required. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Rinsho Hoshasen
- Journal Volume
- 55
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 547-552
- ISSN
- 0009-9252
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 41088294
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARCINOMAS; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMBINED THERAPY; ELDERLY PEOPLE; ESOPHAGUS; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PATIENTS; PLANNING; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL CURVES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; ADULTS; AGE GROUPS; AGED ADULTS; ANIMALS; BODY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; DOSES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IRRADIATION; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; POPULATIONS; PRIMATES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; VERTEBRATES