Survival after chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy versus self-expanding metal stent insertion in the setting of inoperable esophageal cancer: a case-control study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Our aim was to compare survival of the various treatment modality groups of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy in relation to SEMS (self-expanding metal stents) in a retrospective case-control study. We have made the hypothesis that th...

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Main Authors: Sgourakis George, Gockel Ines, Karaliotas Constantine, Moehler Markus, Schimanski Carl, Schmidberger Heinz, Junginger Theodor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/70