Abstract | BACKGROUND: In patients with tracheoesophageal fistula, radiation is thought to be contraindicated because cytoreduction enlarges the size of the fistula. The same caveat should also apply to cytoreduction with chemotherapy, but there are few data addressing this issue. METHODS: The records of 16 patients with esophageal cancer who received chemotherapy in 1991 were evaluated in the Medical Oncology Section of the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, DC. All patients were staged radiographically and endoscopically. Four of these 16 were seen initially with or developed tracheoesophageal fistulas during therapy. Two patients whose fistulas closed during chemotherapy are presented. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | S M Malik, S H Krasnow, R G Wadleigh |
Journal | Cancer
(Cancer)
Vol. 73
Issue 5
Pg. 1321-3
(Mar 01 1994)
ISSN: 0008-543X [Print] United States |
PMID | 8111696
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
(therapeutic use)
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
(complications, drug therapy)
- Esophageal Neoplasms
(complications, drug therapy)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Tracheoesophageal Fistula
(complications, pathology)
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