A stent is also commonly placed for palliative care in patients who have esophageal cancer that is too widespread for manual ...

and adenocarcinoma of lower esophagus in five, including esophagogastric junction in three cases. In these patients a second stent was implanted to improve swallowing. Median overall survival was ...

All patients with inoperable esophageal cancers treated with either laser palliation or endoprosthesis insertion were studied retrospectively. Results: Stents were placed successfully in all patients.