Radiotherapy for malignant fistula to other tract
Open Access
- 1 September 1989
- Vol. 64 (5) , 1026-1028
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19890901)64:5<1026::aid-cncr2820640510>3.0.co;2-b
Abstract
Radiotherapy was applied to 14 esophageal carcinomas with respiratory tract fistulas using various treatment regimes. Closure of the fistulas was observed in four cases after irradiation at a daily dose of 1.5 GY. The period of closure was transient in two cases but long‐term in the other two. One long‐term closure case underwent low‐dose rate telecobalt therapy (LDRT)(1 GY per hour, 7 GY per day; a total dose of 28 GY) as a boost. His cancer has been well controlled and he is still alive without recurrence at 74 months after fistula formation.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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