title: Carcinoma of the oesophagus: preoperative irradiation followed by planned resection for lesions in the middle and lower thirds--an interim report.
abstract: Since 1968, at the Thoracic Surgery Unit in the Royal Perth Hospital, a combined approach of preoperative deep X-ray therapy and excisional surgery has been adopted for patients with potentially operable carcinoma of the oesophagus. This has produced an improvement in the survival time for middle third lesions when compared with the result previously obtained following unaided surgical excision. The method is described, and the early results are indicated.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans