Abstract:Esophageal cancer is a disease that has a high mortality rate, and its main symptom is dysphagia, potentially requiring a stent placement. The performance of this patients is usually poor and we aim of this study is to analyze the survival of patients who underwent stent placement and chemotherapy. An integrative literature review in the National Library of Medicine and Cochrane Library databases was performed, using the descriptors “esophageal cancer” or “esophageal neoplasm” and “stent” and “chemotherapy”. I… Show more
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