… gave better long-term relief of dysphagia than metal stent placement. Since brachytherapy
… recommend it as the primary treatment for palliation of dysphagia from oesophageal cancer. …

… In the present study, we focused on single-dose brachytherapy as a palliative treatment
modality for esophageal cancer. Contraindications for brachytherapy described by the ABS …

… for dysphagia assessment, dysphagia free survival defined as the period without dysphagia
after brachytherapy, total radiation dose, dose-… complication since brachytherapy, patients …

… palliative treatment for esophageal carcinoma. We evaluated the outcome of HDR brachytherapy
in patients with malignant dysphagia… of patients dysphagia can be palliated by a single …

… , single-dose brachytherapy is an effective and safe treatment modality for the palliation of
dysphagia … Predictors of outcome of single dose brachytherapy for the palliation of dysphagia …

… Although both treatments were effective in relieving dysphagia, treatment with single dose
brachytherapy gave better overall scores on HRQoL scales compared with stent placement for …

… In the SIREC trial (Stent or Intraluminal Radiotherapy for inoperable Esophageal Cancer),
patients were randomized between a single dose of 12 Gy brachytherapy and self-expanding …

… for the palliation of dysphagia demonstrated that concurrent single-dose brachytherapy and
… was technically feasible and resulted in dysphagia improvement in all patients. However, the …

… good prognosis, intra-luminal brachytherapy is advised because of its sustained palliation
of dysphagia. Due to limited availability of intra-luminal brachytherapy in clinical practice, …

… dysphagia was assessed 1 month after brachytherapy. … , a higher dose of brachytherapy
or a multimodal palliative treatment … brachytherapy palliation allowed to obtain a satisfactory …