Hishikawa Y, Izumi M, Kurisu K, Taniguchi M, Kamikonya N
Department of Radiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
Radiother Oncol. 1993 Sep;28(3):252-4. doi: 10.1016/0167-8140(93)90066-h.
Prophylaxis of esophageal ulceration was studied in 78 esophageal carcinoma patients after high-dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy. Before the standard treatment regimen of radiotherapy was established, 15/17 patients developed ulcers. This decreased to 19/38 with the standard treatment regimen, and to 9/23 when antiulcer therapy was added (p < 0.01).
