Oesophageal perforation during neo-adjuvant brachytherapy for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Neo-adjuvant brachytherapy (NBT) for oesophageal cancer is under rapid development in recent years and more reports are required to elucidate its complications and drawbacks. Here, we report a case treated for NBT whose oesophagus was perforated during the procedure and mention necessary precautions...

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Main Authors: Maryam H. Esfehani, Habibollah Mahmoodzadeh, Ramesh Omranipour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110036215000023