CPB Budapest 2017
INTRALUMINAL BRACHYTHERAPY IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
Early Disease: • Neoadjuvant chemoradiation + Surgery or mucosal resection • Alternative treatment: EBRT + brachytherapy
Locally advanced Disease: • Palliative (chemo-)radiation +/- BT • EBRT + BT
Advanced/metastasized or relapse with luminal obstruction: • Brachytherapy alone •
Aim: rapid and lasting relief of symptoms from dysphagia
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