Single-dose brachytherapy versus metal stent placement for the palliation of dysphagia from oesophageal cancer: multicentre randomised trial.

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Published in Lancet on October 25, 2004

Authors

Marjolein Y V Homs1, Ewout W Steyerberg, Wilhelmina M H Eijkenboom, Hugo W Tilanus, Lukas J A Stalpers, Joep F W M Bartelsman, Jan J B van Lanschot, Harm K Wijrdeman, Chris J J Mulder, Janny G Reinders, Henk Boot, Berthe M P Aleman, Ernst J Kuipers, Peter D Siersema

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC/University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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