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- Title
Effective Palliative Treatment of Obstructive Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma for Nearly 2 Years With Liquid Nitrogen Cryoablation Alone.
- Authors
Aintabi, Daniel; Saliares, Ann; Berinstein, Elliot; Gunaratnam, Naresh
- Abstract
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) often presents with debilitating dysphagia, significantly affecting quality of life. In metastatic disease, standard therapy with radiation and chemotherapy is associated with high morbidity. Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy offers a minimally invasive intervention for palliation in metastatic esophageal cancers. Although beneficial outcomes have been reported in esophageal adenocarcinoma, few studies have assessed its safety and efficacy as palliation treatment in metastatic ESCC. We present a case using endoscopic liquid nitrogen cryoablation alone as palliative therapy in a patient with obstructive metastatic ESCC resulting in persistent patent esophageal lumen 2 years after initiation of cryotherapy.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of esophageal cancer; ESOPHAGUS; COLD therapy; NITROGEN; TREATMENT effectiveness; CHEST pain; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; PALLIATIVE treatment; PATIENT safety; EVALUATION
- Publication
ACG Case Reports Journal, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2326-3253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14309/crj.0000000000001259