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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2018

Image-guided interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Jazan Omari, Constanze Heinze, Antje Wilck, Peter Hass, Max Seidensticker, Robert Damm, Katharina Fischbach, Jens Ricke, Maciej Pech, Maciej Powerski

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jazan OmariDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Constanze HeinzeDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Antje WilckDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Peter HassDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Max SeidenstickerDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany.
Robert DammDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Katharina FischbachDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Jens RickeDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany.
Maciej PechDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Maciej PowerskiDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg · DEMünchen Klinik · DEGdańsk Medical University · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT)- and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR IBT = IBT) in patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. MATERIAL AND

methodsEleven patients with 21 unresectable metastases of histologically proven esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were included in this retrospective study. Fourteen visceral and 7 lung metastases were treated with image-guided (CT or open MRI guidance) IBT using a

resultsThe median diameter of the target lesions was 2.2 cm (range: 0.7-6.8 cm), treated with a median D

conclusionsImage-guided IBT is a safe and effective treatment in patients with metastasized esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

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esophageal cancerimage-guided interventioninterstitial brachytherapyinterventional oncologymetastases

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PMCPMC6251452
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