Abstract
Recent series reported increasing incidence of esophageal and cardial cancers with prognosis still severe in spite of surgical progress. The late diagnosis reduces the chance of radical surgery; on the other hand about 80-90% of patients develop local or distant recurrence. Therefore the treatment of esophageal and cardial cancer is often palliative: surgical resection is reserved only to selected cases. Endoscopic palliation was the treatment of choice in a total of 265 patients 174 of which receveid lasertherapy and 91 prosthesis intubation. The results it good in about 80% of cases.
Translated title of the contribution | Palliative treatment of esophageal and cardial cancer |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 647-655 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Minerva Chirurgica |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 10 |
Publication status | Published - Oct 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery