Posts filed under 'esophageal cancer'
“Bones” radical esophageal cancer surgery
Louvain Medical School in Brussels, Belgium Jean-Marie Collard and colleagues studied the “skeleton” esophageal cancer patients after radical surgery for the long-term prognosis.
“Bones” esophageal cancer is radical surgery, esophageal tissues around with esophageal en bloc, including local and regional lymph node tissue, unresectable esophageal around the anatomical structure “of bones.” Patients with esophageal cancer [...]
Add comment August 18th, 2007
Esophageal cancer radiation therapy brief
Radiation therapy is the treatment of esophageal cancer one of the principal ways that it is launching high-speed electronic, neutron and proton irradiation of tumor, tumor cells within the genetic material DNA damage and can not be copied, a protein within the cell can not synthesis, cell degeneration and necrosis and the loss of the [...]
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Chinese medicine treatment
Chinese medicine treatment of esophageal cancer advocates the strengths of both evil and the most common drug is fungus, the State-approved drugs (Let), Ganoderma tumor drug currently only one — Maryland casual. Ling-San to consolidate the “sick” treatment, that is, against all common esophageal cancer treatment, to the “disease” treatment-oriented, according to the Chinese syndrome [...]
Add comment August 18th, 2007
FDG-PET evaluation of esophageal cancer preoperative adjuvant chemotherapy better than CT and EUS
University of Amsterdam Westerterp such as systematic evaluation of the study, 18 F-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) method is a promising noninvasive evaluation of esophageal cancer preoperative adjuvant chemotherapy effect method. [Radiology 2005,236(3):841] [Radiology 2005,236 (3) : 841]
This systematic review research from MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane database retrieval of relevant research papers, two evaluators [...]
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Aspirin and similar drugs can reduce the incidence of esophageal cancer risk
Aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, may significantly lower in patients with Barrett’s esophagus occurred esophageal cancer risk. The results will appear in today’s “Lancet tumor” on-line magazine.
Such research is the largest study and maintain the longest time, the first author Dr. Vaughan and colleagues analyzed the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or [...]
Add comment August 18th, 2007
Immunotherapy
It is the basic principle by mobilizing the body inherent ability to resist tumor, the patient is given a certain biological immune factors or biological immune-stimulating factor, to activate or enhance the immune cells to the tumor cell destruction, thereby achieving the treatment or prevention of tumor metastasis purposes. Tumor suitable for biological treatment by [...]
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Radical radiation therapy alone (radiotherapy)
A indications : patients generally above average; Lesion length of not more than 8 cm-thirds; No supraclavicular lymph node metastasis, silent with paralysis, without distant metastasis; No significant thoracodorsal pain, no signs of esophageal perforation ago; May enter or semi-liquid diet Cape Fresh.
2 contraindication : positive for cachexia, cancer perforation, endoscopic [...]
Add comment August 17th, 2007
Esophageal cancer treatment and rehabilitation
Early esophageal cancer treatment, surgery and radiation treatment-oriented. These two methods of treatment good effect, and the opportunity to cure high. Early cancer survival after surgery for five years or more (5-year survival rate) of 90% to 95%, radiotherapy after up to 80%. The general condition of the patient and allow the body were good, [...]
Add comment August 17th, 2007
Esophageal cancer radiotherapy erythropoietin make hemoglobin level best
[Reuters on June 17, 2005 New York -- a prospective study results show that the Phase III esophageal cancer radiotherapy during recombinant human erythropoietin treatment, in order to maintain the best level of hemoglobin, and significantly improved local control and overall survival are likely to improve.
“In the past has proved hemoglobin 12-14 g [...]
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Endoscopic ultrasound scan
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is an endoscopic ultrasound combined with the integrated technology, in the top assembly micro endoscopic ultrasound probe inserted into the stomach or esophagus can observe mucosal lesions, but also for ultrasound scanning, which shows the level and the wall around the structure of the clear images. Comprehensive data show that compared with [...]
Add comment August 14th, 2007
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