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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 1/2011

01-01-2011 | Gastrointestinal Oncology

Self-Expanding Esophageal Stents and Neoadjuvant Therapy

Authors: M. Webb, MBBS, MRCS, S. M. Griffin, MD, FRCS, J. Shenfine, PhD, FRCS

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 1/2011

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We were concerned to read that Langer and colleagues advocate self-expanding metal or plastic stents as a means to allow adequate oral nutrition while their patients received neoadjuvant therapy despite over a third (34%) of the cases having complications without any improvement in nutritional markers. …
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Metadata
Title
Self-Expanding Esophageal Stents and Neoadjuvant Therapy
Authors
M. Webb, MBBS, MRCS
S. M. Griffin, MD, FRCS
J. Shenfine, PhD, FRCS
Publication date
01-01-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1096-y

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