[Three cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus who underwent argon plasma coagulation as salvage treatment for locoregional failure or remnant tumor after chemoradiotherapy].
We report 3 cases of locoregional failure or remnant esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after chemoradiotherapy that were successfully treated by argon plasma coagulation (APC) as a salvage treatment. Ablation was performed using argon plasma coagulation APC300 (ERBE). A power setting of 60W and an argon gas flow of 1.8L/min was used. APC is able to be repeated multiply without adverse reaction, and is an effective treatment to control the tumor growth.
Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School Tama-Nagayama Hospital. matsutani@nms.ac.jp
Takeshi
T
Matsutani
Eiji
E
Uchida
Hiroshi
H
Yoshida
Hiroshi
H
Maruyama
Seiji
S
Suzuki
Tadashi
T
Yokoyama
Akira
A
Matsushita
Masao
M
Kawamoto
Hiroki
H
Arai
Koji
K
Sasajima
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057908:Argon Plasma Coagulation; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D017211:Treatment Failure