Atsushi Takeno, Toru Masuzawa, Kohei Murakami, Takashi Iwata, Aya Yamamoto, Kenji Kawai, Takuya Sakamoto, Junichi Inadome, Atsushi Naito, Yoshiteru Katsura, Yoshiaki Ohmura, Yoshinori Kagawa, Chiyomi Egawa, Yutaka Takeda, Kohei Murata
BACKGROUND: Airway invasion due to inoperable advanced esophageal cancers can sometimes cause serious complications includingairway stenosis and fistula, and compromise patients' QOL. We retrospectively evaluated the effect of tracheobronchial airway stentingfor airway stenosis due to inoperable advanced esophageal cancers. METHODS: Between 2010 and 2017, 9 patients with airway stenosis due to inoperable advanced esophageal cancers were treated by placement of a tracheo- bronchial airway stent...
December 2018: Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy