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- Title
Single-dose brachytherapy versus metal stent placement for the palliation of dysphagia from oesophageal cancer: multicentre randomised trial.
- Authors
Homs, Marjolein Y V; Steyerberg, Ewout W; Eijkenboom, Wilhelmina M H; Tilanus, Hugo W; Stalpers, Lukas J A; Bartelsman, Joep F W M; van Lanschot, Jan J B; Wijrdeman, Harm K; Mulder, Chris J J; Reinders, Janny G; Boot, Henk; Aleman, Berthe M P; Kuipers, Ernst J; Siersema, Peter D
- Abstract
Both single-dose brachytherapy and self-expanding metal stent placement are commonly used for palliation of oesophageal obstruction due to inoperable cancer, but their relative merits are unknown. We undertook a randomised trial to compare the outcomes of brachytherapy and stent placement in patients with oesophageal cancer.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2004, Vol 364, Issue 9444, p1497
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17272-3