External beam and intraluminal radiotherapy in the treatment of carcinoma of the esophagus
| Autor: | Joanne Jepson, Kenneth Lam, Timothy Tilden, Melvin A. Astrahan, Bryan Langholz, Elizabeth Crist Hyden, Gary Luxton, Zbigniew Petrovich |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Esophageal Neoplasms medicine.medical_treatment Brachytherapy Tracheoesophageal fistula Adenocarcinoma medicine Carcinoma Humans Esophagus Stage (cooking) Radiation Injuries Survival analysis Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Radiation therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Esophageal stenosis Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 96(2) |
| ISSN: | 0022-5223 |
| Popis: | During a 10-year period, 46 patients with unresectable or inoperable carcinoma of the esophagus were treated with teletherapy-brachytherapy combination at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. Stage distribution was as follows: stage I, 5 (11%) patients; stage II, 23 (50%) patients; stage III, six (13%) patients; and stage IV, 12 (26%) patients. Thirteen patients were treated for recurrent disease, including 11 patients initially treated with teletherapy and two who had had surgical resection. Radiotherapy was given by teletherapy in 33 and brachytherapy in all 46 patients. An average tumor dose was 50 Gy with teletherapy and 20 Gy per application with brachytherapy. There were 25 patients who had more than one brachytherapy application. The 5-year actuarial survival rate for 28 patients with stage I or II disease was 12%, with a median of 13 months. This compared with no 5-year survivals and a median survival of 10 months for the 18 patients with stage III or IV disease. Failure at the primary site was seen in 16 (35%) patients. Complete response was seen in 20%, partial response in 76%, and no response in 4%. Treatment was well tolerated. Complications included esophageal stenosis in two patients and tracheoesophageal fistula in one. Teletherapy-brachytherapy combination is an effective treatment in the management of unresectable or inoperable carcinoma of the esophagus. |
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