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January 1, 2019
Cervical esophageal cancer (CEC) was historically treated with primary surgery, typically a pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy (PLE), a morbid procedure with substantial impact on a patient’s long-term quality of life. More recently, a paradigm shift has occur ...
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April 11, 2018
Pancreatic cancer carries a poor prognosis regardless of stage, and incidence and death rates are increasing. Pancreatic cancer is divided into four general categories, resectable, borderline resectable, locally advanced/unresectable, and metastatic. Only ...
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January 1, 2015
Radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy is the standard treatment for patients with nonmetastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. In the studies that established this approach, high rates of locoregional control have been reported, but th ...
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January 1, 2015
Cancer development in the cervical portion of the esophagus presents a unique challenge to management given the close proximity of critical structures in the head and neck. Cervical esophageal cancer (CEC) was historically approached with primarysurgery, p ...
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June 20, 2014
This chapter talks about four case studies of radiotherapy for gastrointestinal malignancies. One of the case study, a 65-year-old female presents with painless jaundice and diarrhea for 1 month. Labs show an elevation in liver function tests and total bil ...
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