PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bittner, Dennis
ED  - Penniment, Michael G.
TI  - No Improvement in Palliation of Dysphagia in Esophageal Cancer by Addition of Chemotherapy
DP  - 2014 Dec 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 9--9
VI  - 14
IP  - 31
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/31/9.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/31/9.1.full
AB  - In advanced esophageal cancer, 90% of patients have dysphagia as their predominant symptom. Although chemotherapy has demonstrated benefits in curing esophageal cancer, the only data on appropriate palliative treatment are from small, retrospective trials. The Advanced Oesophageal Cancer Study to Compare Quality of Life and Palliation of Dysphagia [NCT00193882] aims to establish effective and minimally toxic treatments for relief of dysphagia in advanced esophageal cancer and to determine the effects of common cancer treatments on quality of life.