Research Article
Comparison of Efficacy of Self-Expandable Metallic Stent Placement in the Unresectable Esophageal Cancer Patients
Table 5
Relationships of the chest pain and the period from chemoradiotherapy (60 Gy) completion to stent insertion ( patients).
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CRT: chemoradiotherapy; Ce: cervical esophagus; Ut: upper thoracic esophagus; Mt: middle thoracic esophagus; Lt: lower thoracic esophagus; Ae: abdominal esophagus; Z: Cook-Z stent; UF: Ultraflex stent; NS: Niti-S stent; . |