Erschienen in:
01.12.2014 | Case Report
Malignant Dysphagia Treated by Esophageal Sparing Surgery with Good Prognosis
verfasst von:
F. J. R. Teixeira Jr., A. V. Reis, R. S. S. Medeiros, E. H. Akaishi, V. C. Moutinho Jr., S. D. Couto Netto, T. M. Andrade Lima, A. L. F. Perina, F. O. Ferreira, G. O. Mendes, M. P. Lallé, E. M. Utiyama
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
|
Sonderheft 1/2014
Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten
Excerpt
Malignant dysphagia usually represents an ominous clinical symptom of upper digestive tract cancer. Esophageal carcinoma is the most common tumor causing malignant dysphagia [
1‐
3]. Radical surgery has a central role in the curative treatment usually in conjunction with chemo or radiation therapy [
4‐
6]. Despite advances in the field of multimodality treatment of the esophageal cancer, global long-term overall survival remains low [
7]. …