Refractory, benign esophageal strictures (RBES) are those that cannot be dilatated to an adequate diameter, recur within a short time interval, or require ongoing dilatation. The most common causes of ...

Researchers recently examined the use of self-expanding plastic stents in the treatment of benign esophageal disease and found that use of SEPSs resulted in frequent stent migration and few cases of ...

The placement of self-expanding esophageal stents is a palliative treatment option used for patients with esophageal or gastric cardia carcinoma. This procedure aims to relieve the symptoms of ...

Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic therapy with self-expanding metallic endoprostheses in the management of malignant esophageal ...

Retrospective comparison of long-term outcomes in patients with stage II/III (UICC-TNM6th) esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with 60 Gy or 50.4 Gy of definitive chemoradiotherapy with ...

Malignant esophageal obstruction is usually caused by esophageal and other chest cancers. More than 80% of cases of obstructive esophageal cancer (OEC) have lost the chance of curative resection.

Treatment outcome and safety of docetaxel as the third-line chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer after progression or after failure of FOLFOX and FOLFIRI-based sequential chemotherapy. Phase II ...

The study included a retrospective analysis of all patients with inoperable esophageal cancer treated with either endoprosthesis or laser palliation. The second group was included only for cost ...