[Radiobiological aspects of preoperative radiotherapy (author's transl)].
Radiobiological considerations suggest the use of preoperative radiotherapy with subcurative doses in malignancies known for frequent local recurrence or for easy metastatic spread during surgery. Clinical experience with this form of preoperative radiotherapy on esophageal cancer is being analyzed in regard to its radiobiological significance.
D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors
Strahlenbiologische Gesichtspunkte zur präoperativen Tumorbestrahlung.