Esophageal Cancer Therapy
Study findings from Rouen University provide new insights into esophageal cancer therapy
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, November 6th, 2006
Scientists discuss in "Undernutrition is predictive of early mortality after palliative self-expanding metal stent insertion in patients with inoperable or recurrent esophageal cancer" new findings in esophageal cancer. "Self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) are a first-line therapeutic procedure in the palliative treatment of dysphagia in patients with esophageal cancer. However, the impact of SEMS insertion on patient nutritional status has never been assessed," scientists in France report.
"To evaluate the nutritional status of patients after insertion of a SEMS and the impact of a preexisting undernutrition status on survival. Retrospective observational study. A...
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