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Advanced esophageal cancer with an esophago-bronchial fistula successfully treated by chemoradiotherapy following esophageal bypass surgery: report of a case

Authors: Yoshiro Aoki, Jun Hihara, Kenji Sakogawa, Junya Taomoto, Yoichi Hamai, Manabu Emi, Morihito Okada

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 11/2012

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Esophageal bypass surgery using a gastric tube prior to definitive chemoradiotherapy in preparation for the formation of esophago-tracheal or bronchial fistula is a possible strategy for esophageal cancer invading the airway. This report presents the case of a patient with esophageal cancer involving the left main bronchus who underwent esophageal bypass followed by definitive chemoradiotherapy and who has achieved long-term survival without deterioration of his quality of life, in spite of the development of a malignant esophago-bronchial fistula.

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Title: Advanced esophageal cancer with an esophago-bronchial fistula successfully treated by chemoradiotherapy following esophageal bypass surgery: report of a case
Authors: Yoshiro Aoki
Jun Hihara
Kenji Sakogawa
Junya Taomoto
Yoichi Hamai
Manabu Emi
Morihito Okada
Publication date: 01-11-2012
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Surgery Today / Issue 11/2012
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-012-0323-5

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Advanced esophageal cancer with an esophago-bronchial fistula successfully treated by chemoradiotherapy following esophageal bypass surgery: report of a case

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