Background. Patients with esophageal cancer and a malignant tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) have an extremely poor prognosis. Additionally, these patients often are denied treatment with radiation therapy because there is concern that these treatments may increase the size and associated problems of
Malignant tracheoesophageal fistula in two siblings a coincidence?
โ Scribed by David J. Cohen; Larry W. Stephenson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 286 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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