Background The management of dysphagia owing to esophageal cancer is challenging.
Brachytherapy has been proposed as an alternative option to stent placement. We …

Background International guidelines strongly recommend brachytherapy as valid alternative
or in addition to stenting in patients with dysphagia owing to esophageal cancer. However …

Purpose: Palliation of dysphagia is a challenge in advanced esophageal cancer. The
addition of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to intraluminal brachytherapy (ILBT) has …

BACKGROUND: Single-dose brachytherapy is a commonly used palliative treatment
modality for esophageal carcinoma, however, a considerable number of patients need …

BACKGROUND: For the palliative treatment of dysphagia, esophageal stent placement
provides immediate improvement, whereas brachytherapy offers better long-term relief …

Introduction Short-course external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and intraluminal
brachytherapy are both accepted treatments for the palliation of dysphagia in patients with …

Background Both single-dose brachytherapy and self-expanding metal stent placement are
commonly used for palliation of oesophageal obstruction due to inoperable cancer, but their …

Purpose The aim of this review was to examine efficacy of palliative interventional
radiotherapy (IRT) in esophageal cancer compared with other treatment in terms of …

Palliation of dysphagia is the cornerstone of palliative treatment in patients with incurable
oesophageal cancer. Available palliative options for dysphagia are oesophageal stent …

BACKGROUND: Brachytherapy was found to be preferable to metal stent placement for the
palliation of dysphagia because of inoperable esophageal cancer in the randomized SIREC …