Palliation of Dysphagia in Carcinoma Esophagus

Esophageal carcinoma has a special place in gastrointestinal carcinomas because it contains two main types, namely, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Carcinoma esophagus patients require some form of palliation because of locally advanced stage or distant metastasis, where it cannot be sub...

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Main Authors: Vishnu Prasad Nelamangala Ramakrishnaiah, Somanath Malage, G.S. Sreenath, Sudhakar Kotlapati, Sunu Cyriac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-09-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CGast.S30303