title: Radiotherapy under informed consent report of a long-term survivor of advanced esophageal cancer.
abstract: This paper reports a patient with advanced esophageal cancer who has survived asymptomatically for five years after radiotherapy given under informed consent. Previously, we had not practiced radiotherapy under informed consent for patients with esophageal cancers. His excellent clinical course encouraged us to promote this form of treatment. This report presents his excellent clinical course in detail and discusses the significance of informed consent in radiotherapy for malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kanto Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maehara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology*