MODERATE HYPOFRACTIONATION RADIATION THERAPY IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

• Main Authors: Mahwish Akhter (Author), Hafeez Lakhan (Author), Farrukh Ashraf (Author), Usman Jami (Author), Saad Jamal (Author), Shoaib Hanif (Author), Ayesha Jawaed (Author), Shabbir Hussain (Author), Jawaid Mallick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: ziauddin University, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Esophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with high mortality, mainly due to late stage diagnosis. Radiation therapy alone cannot cure patients who are either reluctant or medically unfit to receive chemotherapy or surgery. Moreover there is no evident optimal dose fraction schedule to...