Oesophagus cancer: preoperative radiation therapy
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https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.1996v42n1.2884Keywords:
Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, RadiotherapyAbstract
A study accomplished in the Instituto Mineiro de Oncologia during the period of 1986-1992 involved 158 patients with esophageal câncer. Radiotherapy (4.400 cGy) was employed in 47 (29.7%) ofthesepatients, one month before esophagectomy. The histological examination showed remmant câncer occurred in 34 (72.3%) ofthese cases.
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