Intracavitary irradiation of esophageal carcinoma invaded to cardia.
A case of esophageal carcinoma that had invaded to the cardia was treated with intracavitary irradiation. The residual tumor was present at the cardia after radiotherapy. This result demonstrates that intracavitary irradiation is not necessarily effective for cases with invasion to the cardia of the stomach. Operation is recommended for such cases to obtain local control.
D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002299:Cardia / Q000473:pathology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011859:Radiography