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Evaluation of the palliative effect of radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma
M Albertsson1, S B Ewers, H Widmark
1Department of Oncology, University Hospital Lund, Sweden.
Acta Oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
149 patients with carcinoma of the esophagus treated with radiotherapy were evaluated. Eighty-one patients had treatment with palliative intent and 68 with curative intent. The 4-year actuarial survival was 1 and 5% respectively. The tumor size, Karnofsky index (KI) and radiation dose were prognostic factors. The duration of palliation of the patients dysphagia was dose-dependent.
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