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1690158

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
Eleven patients with dysphagia caused by inoperable, unresectable, or recurrent esophagogastric cancer were treated by endoscopic injection of ethanol (with or without per-oral dilation) to induce tumor necrosis. Prior to treatment, patients had a mean dysphagia grade of 3. After one treatment, dysphagia grade had improved to a mean of 1.5. An optimum dysphagia grade (mean, 0.9) was achieved after a mean of 1.6 injection treatments. Treatments were repeated as symptoms recurred, with a mean period between repeat treatments of 32 days (median, 26). There were no complications associated with ethanol-induced tumor necrosis (ETN). Mean patient survival was 140 days (median, 109). These results suggest that ETN has considerable potential for palliation of malignant dysphagia in selected patients.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0016-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of ethanol-induced tumor necrosis to palliate dysphagia in patients with esophagogastric cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article