title: [Palliative treatment of cancer of the esophagus].
abstract: Personal experience in the treatment of patients with oesophageal cancer that cannot be radically operated is presented. The high incidence (50%) of this situation required the use of measures to improve survival conditions. Results speak in favour of prosthetic intubation of the oesophagus, preferably by the endoscopic route and in a carefully selected number of patients, in the course of major operations like palliative oesophago-gastroplasty.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004944:Esophagoplasty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Il trattamento palliativo del cancro dell'esofago.