Kagami Y, Nishio M, Narimatsu N
Dept. of Radiology, Sapporo National Hospital, Hokkaido Cancer Center.
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1989 Sep;16(9):3119-23.
Radiotherapy for esophageal cancer is an available modality as well as surgery. Since radiotherapy for esophageal cancer is generally used for those patients with inoperable extensive disease, radiotherapy alone is unsatisfactory. New methods of radiotherapy are intracavitary treatment, hyperfractionation etc. Combination chemotherapy, especially including CDDP, seems to be more effective than single agents. Radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy is used by many investigators in an attempt to improve both local control and the cure rate of esophageal cancer.
食管癌的放射治疗与手术一样是一种可行的治疗方式。由于食管癌的放射治疗通常用于那些患有无法手术的广泛性疾病的患者，单纯放疗效果并不理想。新的放疗方法有腔内治疗、超分割放疗等。联合化疗，尤其是包含顺铂的方案，似乎比单一药物更有效。许多研究者采用放疗联合化疗，试图提高食管癌的局部控制率和治愈率。
