title: Advanced esophageal cancer with an esophago-bronchial fistula successfully treated by chemoradiotherapy following esophageal bypass surgery: report of a case.
abstract: Esophageal bypass surgery using a gastric tube prior to definitive chemoradiotherapy in preparation for the formation of esophago-tracheal or bronchial fistula is a possible strategy for esophageal cancer invading the airway. This report presents the case of a patient with esophageal cancer involving the left main bronchus who underwent esophageal bypass followed by definitive chemoradiotherapy and who has achieved long-term survival without deterioration of his quality of life, in spite of the development of a malignant esophago-bronchial fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hihara
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakogawa
authors.forename: Junya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taomoto
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamai
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emi
authors.forename: Morihito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome