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Esophageal prosthesis in cancer
The American Journal of Digestive Diseases, 1978We describe the use of polyvinyl esophageal prosthetic tubes to treat 14 consecutive patients with malignant strictures and tracheoesophageal fistula from carcinoma of the esophagus. We found these prosthetic tubes easy to construct, simple to insert, and that their use improved the quality of remaining life in most patients by diminishing dysphagia ...
D A, Peura +3 more
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Nutrition and esophageal cancer
Cancer Causes and Control, 1996Epidemiologic evidence on the relation between nutrition and esophageal cancer is reviewed. Results from ecologic, case-control, cohort, and intervention studies are included. Most of the findings pertain more to squamous cell carcinoma than adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
K K, Cheng, N E, Day
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Esophageal Cancer: Ultrasonography
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2009Esophageal malignancy is a major source of morbidity and mortality, despite the recently increased attention to screening and early detection. Prognosis for esophageal cancer remains grim, with advanced tumor stage and lymph node metastases conferring even graver outcomes.
Alan, Brijbassie, Vanessa M, Shami
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Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2009The epidemiology of esophageal cancer has radically changed in the last fifty-years in the Western world. Changes in the predominant type of squamous cell carcinoma to adenocarcinoma, disparities between different ethnicities, and the exponential increase in incidence rates of adenocarcinoma have established esophageal cancer as a major public health ...
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Management of Esophageal Cancer
Current Problems in Surgery, 2010The number of new cases of esophageal cancer in the United States in 2000 likely will exceed the 12,000 annually recorded in previous years. Although two histologic subtypes exist, the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus in the last two decades has been increasing dramatically throughout North America and Europe.1–3 The primary risk ...
Matthew J, Schuchert +2 more
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Dermatomyositis and Esophageal Cancer
Southern Medical Journal, 2006A case of dermatomyositis and esophageal cancer is described.A 58-year-old male recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer was admitted to the hospital with complaints of progressive dysphagia, generalized muscle weakness and skin rash. The weakness started symmetrically in the proximal limb muscles.
Imran, Iftikhar +2 more
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