Results 31 to 40 of about 291,166 (259)

Treatment utilization and outcomes in elderly patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma: A review of the National Cancer Database [PDF]

, 2017
For elderly patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer, therapeutic approaches and outcomes in a modern cohort are not well characterized. Patients ≥70 years old with clinical stage II and III esophageal cancer diagnosed between 1998 and 2012 were ...
Bradley, Jeffrey D, Kozower, Benjamin, Lockhart, A. Craig, Meyers, Bryan F, Parikh, Parag J, Perkins, Stephanie M, Puri, Varun, Roach, Michael C, Robinson, Cliff G, Samson, Pamela P, Vlacich, Gregory   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Internal hernia to the retrosternal space is a rare complication after minimally invasive esophagectomy: three case reports

Surgical Case Reports, 2019
Background Minimally invasive esophagectomy is considered a beneficial approach to esophageal cancer, although a hiatal hernia occurs more frequently in this approach than in open esophagectomy with reconstruction via the mediastinal route.
Takuji Sato, Takeo Fujita, Hisashi Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Daiko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Survival Status and Related Risk Factors of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Between High- and Low-incidence Areas of ESCC

Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2019
Objective To compare the survival condition and related risk factors of the patients with ESCC between high-incidence area (HIA) and low-incidence area (LIA) of ESCC.
HU Shoujia, FAN Zongmin, YUE Wenbin, CHEN Peinan, LI Xiumin, LI Jilin, HAN Shaohua, WANG Wei, YIN Yanchun, SONG Xin, ZHAO Xueke, WANG Jianpo, WANG Lidong   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

MicroRNA dysregulation and esophageal cancer development depend on the extent of zinc dietary deficiency [PDF]

, 2016
open9siopenFong, Louise Y.; Taccioli, Cristian; Jing, Ruiyan; Smalley, Karl J.; Alder, Hansjuerg; Jiang, Yubao; Fadda, Paolo; Farber, John L.; Croce, Carlo M.Fong, Louise Y.; Taccioli, Cristian; Jing, Ruiyan; Smalley, Karl J.; Alder, Hansjuerg; Jiang ...
Alder, Hansjuerg, Croce, Carlo M, Fadda, Paolo, Farber, John, Fong, Louise, Jiang, Yubao, Jing, Ruiyan, Smalley, Karl, Taccioli, Cristian   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

The alterations of cytokeratin and vimentin protein expressions in primary esophageal spindle cell carcinoma

BMC Cancer, 2018
Background The accumulated evidence has indicated the diagnostic role of cytokeratin (CK) and vimentin protein immunoassay in primary esophageal spindle cell carcinoma (PESC), which is a rare malignant tumor with epithelial and spindle components ...
Xin Min Li, Xin Song, Xue Ke Zhao, Shou Jia Hu, Rang Cheng, Shuang Lv, Dan Feng Du, Xiang Yang Zhang, Jian Liang Lu, Jian Wei Ku, Dong Yun Zhang, Yao Zhang, Zong Min Fan, Li Dong Wang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors of esophageal cancer in Turkmen Sahra of Iran [PDF]

, 2007
Present study was carried out in three years' duration (2002-2004) to investigate the risk factors of esophageal cancer in Iranian Turkmens (Northeast of Iran; where the esophageal cancer is the most common world wide).
Besharat, S., Kalavi, K., Moradi, A., Qujeq, D.   +3 more
core  

Retrograde transgastric jejunostomy for nutritional management and aspiration prevention in cases with severe malignant esophageal strictures

DEN Open
Locally advanced esophageal cancer often presents with dysphagia and can be complicated by aspiration pneumonia. Therefore, nutritional management is important to prevent pneumonia.
Takeshi Yamashita, Koji Otsuka, Satoru Goto, Tomotake Ariyoshi, Kentaro Motegi, Masahiro Kohmoto, Akira Saito, Yoshihito Sato, Yutaka Kishimoto, Masahiko Murakami   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lymphangiography and focal pleurodesis treatment of chylothorax with an aberrant thoracic duct following oesophagectomy: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2019
Background Management of postoperative chylothorax usually consists of nutritional regimens, pharmacological therapies such as octreotide, and surgical therapies such as ligation of thoracic duct, but a clear consensus is yet to be reached.
Tomoyuki Ishida, Jun Kanamori, Hiroyuki Daiko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Esophageal cancer: An update

International Journal of Surgery, 2010
Esophageal cancer continues to be a lethal disease with the majority of patients presenting at an advanced stage. The incidence of adenocarcinoma is rising. Although Barrett's esophagus has been well characterized, specific pathways to the development of adenocarcinoma remain undefined.
Rodney J. Landreneau, C.M. Shahbaz Sarwar, Ghulam Abbas, James D. Luketich   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Impact of Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and Surgery in Multimodal Treatment of Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives: It was the aim of this study to assess our institutional experience with definitive chemoradiation (CRT) versus induction chemotherapy followed by CRT with or without surgery (C-CRT/S) in esophageal cancer.
Adams R, Annina Lemminger, Bedenne L, Berger B, Bernhard Berger, Claus Belka, Cooper JS, Delcambre C, Denham JW, Herskovic A, Katharina Stahlberg, Malthaner RA, Martin Bleif, Michael Bamberg, Minsky BD, Mizumoto M, Rades D, Sarraf M, Seung SK, Shi XH, Stahl M, Tepper J, Wolf M, Zhang Z   +23 more
core   +1 more source