title: Recurrent rectal carcinoma treated with high-dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy.
abstract: A 63-year-old man with recurrent rectal carcinoma was treated with high-dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy (6 Gy x 4). After treatment, anal pain and bleeding were greatly improved. He died as a result of liver metastasis, but he was able to evacuate the bowels until death. bowels until death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamikonya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hishikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurisu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Utsunomiya
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*