title: [Efficacy of Radiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer with Bone Metastases].
abstract: We retrospectively considered the validity of radiotherapy for patients with bone metastases from esophageal cancer. Eight patients have received radiotherapy in our hospital since 2007. The median age of the patients was 63 years, with 5 men and 3 women. Bone metastatic sites were 4 to the vertebrae, 3 to the ribs, 3 to the femur and 1 each to the humerus, ulna, and radius, respectively. All of the patients had other unresectable sites of metastasis. Radiotherapy reduced pain of 3 patients of PS 1 clearly. Median survival time from the start of radiation therapy was 50 days. When PS was relatively good, the possibility of easing pain and improving QOL was suggested by our data. There is a possibility that radiation therapy for patients with bone metastases from esophageal cancer can improve the QOL and alleviate pain.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Digestive and Transplantation Surgery, Tokyo Medical University.
authors.forename: So
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katayanagi
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shigoka
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sumi
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takagaki
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oosaka
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawachi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome