Safety and outcome of external beam radiation and neutron brachytherapy in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer

Purpose: The aim of this study was to retrospectively observe and analyze the long-term treatment outcomes of 191 elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) who were treated with californium-252 (252Cf) neutron brachytherapy (NBT) in combination with external beam radiotherapy (E...

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Main Authors: Tao Li, Wei Zhang, Jiahua Lv, Huiming Liu, Qifeng Wang, Xitang Jia, Bo Liu, Jinyi Lang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
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Online Access:https://www.termedia.pl/Safety-and-outcome-of-external-beam-radiation-r-nand-neutron-brachytherapy-in-elderly-patients-r-nwith-esophageal-squamous-cell-cancer,54,29468,1,1.html