Year 2015 / Volume 107 / Number 7
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Endoluminal brachytherapy in the treatment of oesophageal cancer. Technique description, case report and review of the literature

449-453

Luisa Castilla, Ángeles Rovirosa, Àngels Ginès, Mario Pages, Cristina Camacho, Cesar Quilis, Verónica Pereira, Joan Maurel and Albert Biete

Abstract
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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Luisa Castilla, Ángeles Rovirosa, Àngels Ginès, Mario Pages, Cristina Camacho, Cesar Quilis, Verónica Pereira, Joan Maurel and Albert Biete. Endoluminal brachytherapy in the treatment of oesophageal cancer. Technique description, case report and review of the literature. 449-453


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