Radiation therapy for esophageal cancer: the Medical College of Virginia experience.

摘要: In a retrospective review of 70 patients with carcinoma the esophagus treated by external beam irradiation therapy from 1968 to 1977 at Medical College Virginia, we correlated survival race, age, sex, histology, and site tumor. Results treatment were also analyzed in relation length treated, total area field, tumor dose. From this analysis it appears that radiotherapy has place palliative esophageal cancer palliation is independent volume There indication higher dosage rate slightly higher.