Endoscopic palliation of malignant dysphagia: A challenging task in inoperable oesophageal cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Katsoulis, I E ^a   Karoon, A ^a   Mylvaganam, Senthurun ^a   Livingstone, Jeremy I ^a  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEDATION; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; SWALLOWING;

EID: 33747409076     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-38     Document Type: Review

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