… The authors examine the role of radiation therapy alone (external beam and brachytherapy)
for the management of esophageal cancer or combined with other modalities. The impact on …

… radiation (chemoradiation) or definitive chemoradiation alone. There is controversy regarding
the ideal therapeutic … carcinoma [SCC]) received radiation therapy as part of definitive or …

… of esophageal cancer remains poor… Radiation therapy is one of the main options available
for the radical treatment of patients in good general condition. In the past, radical radiotherapy …

… with superficial esophageal cancer received definitive radiation therapy at nine radiotherapy
institutions in Japan. Fifty-five patients were treated with external radiation therapy alone, …

The 10-year follow-up 869 patients with esophageal cancer treated by radiation is presented
with emphasis on treatment methods, and results. The survival rates declined as the …

… As radiation therapy for esophageal cancer (particularly distal and GEJ tumors) deals with
similar anatomic and dosimetric constraints as lung cancer, IMRT and proton therapy may …

… Fifth, we could not examine the effect of chemotherapy on esophageal cancer or the influence
of chemotherapy on the observed effect of radiation therapy because of lack of information …

… as part of initial treatment for localized esophageal cancer should continue. However, if a …
carefully designed clinical trials, surgery alone or radiation alone remain standard therapy. …

… important factor for radiation therapy to control localized esophageal cancer. In many …
esophageal tumor. We now think that total dose of 70 Gy is needed to control esophageal cancer…

… By using the intensity modulated radiation therapy technique, SIB with boost of 64.8 Gy in
28 fractions to GTV resulted mean GTV dose of 66.9 Gy, whereas conventional dose of 50.4 …