In the United States, there are more than 17,000 patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer
annually and more than 26,000 new diagnoses of gastric cancer annually. Overall, patients …

The first successful esophagectomy for cancer was performed a century ago in Germany,
and the patient survived 12 years. 1 Since then, knowledge of cancer biology and …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of photodynamic therapy
(PDT) as a curative treatment option or as palliative therapy for esophageal squamous cell …

目的评价内镜下光动力治疗食管鳞癌及癌前病变的短期疗效和安全性. 方法2013 年9 月至2015
年4 月, 在河南省肿瘤医院胸外科内镜微创治疗中心行内镜下光动力治疗的30 …

Abstract In 2011, approximately 17,000 new cases of esophageal cancer were diagnosed in
the United States and 15,000 died from this disease. Five-year survival is estimated at 17 …

The organization of the Department of Surgery includes the seven divisions of the
department. The Department's faculty roster has increased from 88 members in 1958 to a …

Historically, photodynamic therapy was an additional mechanism, along with external beam
irradiation or brachytherapy, Nd: YAG laser tumor ablation or esophageal stent placement …

Esophageal cancer ranks as the eighth most frequent and sixth most fatal cancer type
worldwide. Progression of esophageal cancer is a multistep process that begins with the …

Esophageal cancer is a lethal disease and its incidence is still increasing. Despite
significant progress in diagnosis and therapy in recent years, esophageal cancer remains a …

Introducción: el carcinoma escamoso es el tercero má s frecuente de las neoplasias
gastrointestinales malignas. En Cuba, se presentan unos 448 casos de cá ncer de …