Photodynamic Therapy for the Palliation of Esophageal Cancer: Expensive Endoscopic Technique or Inexpensive Cancer Treatment?
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Endoscopic palliation of advanced esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer represents one of the most aggressive digestive tumors, with a survival rate at 5 years of only 10%. Globally, during the last three decades, there has been an increasing incidence of the esophageal cancer, approx. 400,000 new esophageal cancers being currently diagnosed annually. This represents the eighth leading cause of cancer incidence and the sixth leading cause of cance...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.4065/76.12.1277