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Endoscopic laser therapy for esophageal cancer
1Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
Neodymium:YAG laser therapy has been shown to be a safe and effective palliative treatment for esophageal cancer. Exophytic tumors in a straight segment of the mid- and distal esophagus are most amenable to therapy. Perforation or fistula, the most serious complications, occur in less than 5% of patients.