Abstract
Esophageal carcinoma is often diagnosed by endoscopy. Of the potentially curative treatments, surgery and radiotherapy are the two most commonly employed. Unfortunately, it is far more common for the treatment of esophageal cancer to be palliative rather than curative.
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Fleischer, D., Bown, S. (1983). Endoscopic Laser Therapy of Upper Gastrointestinal Carcinomas. In: Fleischer, D., Jensen, D., Bright-Asare, P. (eds) Therapeutic Laser Endoscopy in Gastrointestinal Disease. Developments in Gastroenterology, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6723-6_12
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