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Combined endoscopic treatment in the patient with inoperable middle third esophageal cancer (4-year clinical follow-up)
- Source :
- Biomedical Photonics, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 27-30 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Non-profit partnership for development of domestic photodynamic therapy and photodiagnosis "Russian Photodynamic Association", 2015.
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Abstract
- The results of 4-year clinical follow-up in the patient with obstructive inoperable retropericardial esophageal cancer are represented. According to cardiac co-morbidity (myocardial infarction, postinfarction cardiosclerosis) the palliative care for patient was managed. To preserve patency of esophagus multiple courses of endoscopic photodynamic therapy by means of the approach developed in P.A. Herzen MCRI were performed. From 2011 to 2014 thirteen courses of photodynamic therapy with photosens were conducted. The patient was under follow-up for 4 years and 3 months to his death in 2015. For follow-up period the patient had oral feeding with no signs of dysphagia, not significant weight loss and with good quality of life.
- Subjects :
- esophageal cancer
photodynamic therapy
photosens
Medical technology
R855-855.5
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Details
- Language :
- Russian
- ISSN :
- 24139432 and 45236534
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Biomedical Photonics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.2e545c92ece6474db400a45236534eb1
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.24931/2413-9432-2015-4-4-27-30