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Published on: February 10, 2017
Chemoradiation therapy followed by endoscopic submucosal dissection for esophageal cancer
Yasuharu Saito1, Akira Andoh, Kazunori Hata
1Division of Endoscopy, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tukinowa, Otsu, 520-2192, Japan. ysaito@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
Abstract:
We performed chemoradiation therapy (CRT) followed by an endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for three patients with esophageal cancer. One patient refused surgery, and two patients were complicated with severe cardiopulmonary diseases. In all patients, CRT was effective in reducing tumor size, and the residual tumors were completely resected by ESD. All patients were recurrence-free for 6 months to 2.5 years. The combination of CRT plus subsequent ESD may be useful for treating patients with esophageal cancer who are not fit to undergo surgery.
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