Treatment: the role of contact X-ray brachytherapy (Papillon) in the management of early rectal cancer

Colorectal Dis. 2019 Mar:21 Suppl 1:45-52. doi: 10.1111/codi.14507.

Authors

A Sun Myint^{1

2}, A Stewart^{3

4}, J Mills⁵, R Sripadam¹, K Whitmarsh¹, R Roy⁶, A Franklin³, A Dhadda⁶; UK Papillon team

Affiliations

¹ Papillon Suite, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Bebington, Wirral, UK.
² Translational Medicine Department, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
³ St Luke's Cancer Centre, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.
⁴ University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
⁵ Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
⁶ Queen's Centre for Oncology and Haematology, Hull, UK.

PMID: 30809905
DOI: 10.1111/codi.14507

No abstract available

Keywords: Contact X-ray brachytherapy (Papillon); clinical complete response; early rectal cancer; low-energy X-rays.

MeSH terms

Brachytherapy / methods*
Humans
Rectal Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Treatment Outcome
X-Ray Therapy / methods*