High dose rate endobronchial brachytherapy effectively palliates symptoms due to inoperable lung cancer

Celebioglu B., Gurkan O., Erdogan S., Savas I., Kose K., Kurtman C., et al.

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, cilt.32, ss.443-448, 2002 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 32 Konu: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1093/jjco/hyf102
  • Dergi Adı: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
  • Sayfa Sayısı: ss.443-448

Özet

Background: Intraluminal brachytherapy has become an established treatment for major airway occlusion by relapsed or persistent inoperable endobronchial tumors. The aim of this study was to compare the palliation improvement pre- and post-radiotherapy.