Evaluation of the palliative effect of radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma
| Autor: | Jonas Ranstam, Sven-Börje Ewers, R Lillo-Gil, H Widmark, Maria Albertsson, G. M. Hambraeus |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Palliative care Esophageal Neoplasms medicine.medical_treatment Adenocarcinoma medicine Carcinoma Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Esophagus Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Tumor size business.industry Palliative Care Retrospective cohort study Radiotherapy Dosage Hematology General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Prognosis Dysphagia Surgery Radiation therapy Karnofsky index medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden). 28(2) |
| ISSN: | 0284-186X |
| Popis: | 149 patients with carcinoma of the esophagus treated with radiotherapy were evaluated. Eighty-one patients had treatment with palliative intent and 68 with curative intent. The 4-year actuarial survival was 1 and 5% respectively. The tumor size, Karnofsky index (KI) and radiation dose were prognostic factors. The duration of palliation of the patients dysphagia was dose-dependent. |
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