Palliation of oesophageal cancer--endoscopic intubation and laser therapy.
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Palliation of oesophageal cancer--endoscopic intubation and laser therapy.
Oesophageal carcinoma, accounting for approximately 10 deaths per 100,000 people annually, is a major health problem in the United Kingdom.' With many patients presenting with disseminated disease, either manifest or occult, curative treatment is applicable to only a small minority. For the majority of patients palliative relief of dysphagia is the goal of treatment. Clinicians have an ever inc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.67.787.414