The use of self-expandable metallic stents for palliative treatment of inoperable esophageal cancer

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Eroglu, A ^a   Turkyilmaz, A ^a   Subasi, M ^a   Karaoglanoglu, N ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Fistula; Palliation; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; THORAX PAIN; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 77953207203     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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