… in palliating dysphagia of a patient with carcinoma esophagus. Brachytherapy uses iridium-192
as isotope. The advantages of brachytherapy are that it can deliver high-dose radiation …

… safety of different palliative options for dysphagia due to oesophageal cancer, treatment
allocation … to migration in palliative treatment of malignant strictures of the esophagus and gastric …

… Dysphagia will result when esophageal lumen size … or regular diet with minimal or no
dysphagia. In addition, they were … We believe that palliation of dysphagia by esophageal dilation is …

… The choice of palliation for a particular patient will depend on tumor size and location, the …
available for the palliation of dysphagia associated with advanced esophageal cancer. The …

… Palliative radiotherapy has traditionally been used as a noninvasive means of palliating
dysphagia in patients with incurable esophageal cancer. Insertion of an …

… , 95 patients with inoperable esophageal cancer received treatment to palliate dysphagia.
All patients were reviewed by our Esophageal Cancer Tumor Board before treatment. Of those …

… received irradiation for esophageal squamous cell … ; palliation averaged 6 months. Most
completing therapy (89% ) achieved some palliation: 66 % had significant relief of dysphagia for …

… Palliative dilation with or without … of palliation for malignant dysphagia remains esophageal
intubation. Nevertheless, the problem still remains in identifying a method for esophageal …

… with incurable esophageal cancer is long-term relief from dysphagia without nutritional …
been used for the palliation of dysphagia in patients with incurable esophageal cancer, including …

… limited life expectancy or in combination with other treatment for patients with dysphagia that
needed immediate palliation. Sometimes, laser evaporization was used for the debulking of …