Value of Percutaneous Radiologic Gastrostomy for Patients with Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Keitaro Sofue,Yoshito Takeuchi,Masakatsu Tsurusaki,Kentaro Shibamoto,Noriaki Sakamoto,Kazuhiro Kitajima,Miyuki Sone,Kazuro Sugimura,Yasuaki Arai

Value of Percutaneous Radiologic Gastrostomy for Patients with Advanced Esophageal Cancer

2016

Keitaro Sofue
Yoshito Takeuchi
Masakatsu Tsurusaki
Kentaro Shibamoto
Noriaki Sakamoto
Kazuhiro Kitajima
Miyuki Sone
Kazuro Sugimura
Yasuaki Arai

Background Nutritional management is important throughout the treatment period for esophageal cancer patients. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy (PRG) and to investigate whether PRG can be applied for patients with advanced esophageal cancer.

Keywords:

Esophageal cancer
Gastrostomy
General surgery
Percutaneous
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Medicine
Surgical oncology
treatment period
advanced esophageal cancer
percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy
Radiology

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