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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2023

Intra-luminal iodine-125 brachytherapy in patients with esophageal carcinoma and 3/4 dysphagia score: A feasibility study.

Kaihao Xu, Chuan Tian, Yahua Li, Yiming Liu, Jianzhuang Ren, Xinwei Han, Dechao Jiao

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kaihao XuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Chuan TianDepartment of Interventional Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yahua LiDepartment of Interventional Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yiming LiuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Jianzhuang RenDepartment of Interventional Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Xinwei HanDepartment of Interventional Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Dechao JiaoDepartment of Interventional Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical results of nasal feeding nutritional tube (NFNT)-loaded iodine-125 ( Material and methods: From January 2019 to January 2020, 26 patients (female/male: 17/9, mean age: 75.3 years, dysphagia score 3/4: 6/20, mean Karnofsky score: 58.4) with EC underwent NFNT-loaded Results: Technical and clinical success rates were 100% and 76.9%, respectively. The D Conclusions: NFNT-loaded

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125I seedbrachytherapydysphagiaesophageal cancer

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