Toxicity and Outcomes in Patients with and without Esophageal Stents in Locally Advanced Esophagus Cancer

Utilization of esophageal stents to relieve dysphagia is increasing in patients with locally advanced esophagus cancer while impacts on toxicity and outcomes are unclear. We retrospectively analyzed our cohort of curatively treated esophageal cancer patients and analyzed toxicities and outcomes comparing stent vs. no-stent patients. We found that patients who received stents had more acute esophageal toxicity, were less likely to undergo esophagectomy, and had worse overall survival than no-stent patients.

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