REIRRADIATION OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

Kenji NEMOTO; Yoshihiro TAKAYANAGI; Yoshihiro OGAWA; Yoshihiro TAKAI; Shyougo YAMADA; Kiyohiko SAKAMOTO; Tamio HISHINUMA; Kaneki KOYAMA; Hiroshi ASAKAWA

doi:10.11182/jastro1989.3.71

Kenji NEMOTO, Yoshihiro TAKAYANAGI, Yoshihiro OGAWA, Yoshihiro TAKAI, Shyougo YAMADA, Kiyohiko SAKAMOTO, Tamio HISHINUMA, Kaneki KOYAMA, Hiroshi ASAKAWA

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Kenji NEMOTO
Department of Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine
Yoshihiro TAKAYANAGI
Department of Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine
Yoshihiro OGAWA
Department of Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine
Yoshihiro TAKAI
Department of Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine
Shyougo YAMADA
Department of Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine
Kiyohiko SAKAMOTO
Department of Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine
Tamio HISHINUMA
Department of Radiology, Miyagi Seijinbyo Center
Kaneki KOYAMA
Department of Radiology, Miyagi Seijinbyo Center
Hiroshi ASAKAWA
Department of Radiology, Miyagi Seijinbyo Center

Keywords: Reirradiation, Radiotherapy, Esophageal cancer, Complication

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1991 Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages 71-76

DOI https://doi.org/10.11182/jastro1989.3.71

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Abstract

The clinical results of reirradiation for local recurrence of esophageal cancer in 38 patients are presented. Recurrent esophageal cancer seemed to respond less to reirradiation than non-irradiated tumors do. The one year and two year survival rates were 10.5%, 2.6% respectively. Median survival period was 6.2 months. Severe complication were observed in 17 patients (42%). Complication was more frequent in patients with a treatment interval shorter than 8 months and in patients having a recurrent tumor with a deep ulcer. Reirradiation should be avoided for these patients.

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