[Clinical Significance of Placing a PEG during Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer].

[Clinical Significance of Placing a PEG during Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer].

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2015 Nov;42(12):1929-31

Authors: Matsuyama J, Yamamoto Y, Yamato H, Takeda M, Hashimoto Y, Shirakawa M, Tokuoka M, Ide Y, Yokoyama S, Fukushima Y, Kodama K, Sasaki Y

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Unresectable advanced esophageal cancer is often treated with chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy(CRT). Nutritional disorders caused by dysphagia may lead to a poor prognosis.Placing a PEG before starting CRT for advanced esophageal cancer may maintain better nutritional status.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical significance of placing a PEG before starting CRT for advanced esophageal cancer.
RESULTS: Fifty-one cases were evaluated, 22 PEG (+)and 29 PEG(-).The rate of a CRT was better in PEG(+)than PEG(-)cases(91% vs 79%).Infection around the PEG was the only type of complication, affecting 5%.
CONCLUSION: PEG feeding during CRT is important in the development of effective treatments for unresectable advanced esophageal cancer.

PMID: 26805220 [PubMed - in process]

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