SURGICAL PALLIATIVE AND SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT OF REGIONAL CANCER OF THE CARDIOESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION
The article deals with the issues regarding the optimization of surgical treatment strategies in regional and metastatic cancer of the cardioesophageal junction which result in elimination of gastric fistulas. Short and long-term effects of 238 surgeries between 1990 and 2010 have been studied. The benefits of surgical and endoscopic esophageal stenting over gastrostomy have been reported. The indication for and esophageal stent placement procedures have been defined. The article concludes that cytoreductive transpleural resection surgeries were not associated with increased post-operative mortality. However, they resulted in prolongation of patient`s lives and creating proper conditions for delivering adjuvant chemotherapy.