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INTRALUMINAL BRACHYTHERAPY
IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
Early Disease:
Neoadjuvant chemoradiation + Surgery or
mucosal resection
alternative treatment: EBRT + brachytherapy
Advanced Disease:
palliative (chemo-)radiation as EBRT
+/- BT or EBRT + BT
Advanced or recurrent disease with luminal obstruction:
Brachytherapy alone
aim: rapid and lasting relief of symptoms from dysphagia