Survival Rate Esophageal Cancer With Stents
A wide majority of esophageal cancer patients might not be the best candidates for
surgery during or after diagnosis as it might be due to the advanced stage of cancer or due to the presence of distinct comorbidities.
In order to improve food swallowing and to get relief from dysphagia metal stents that can expand all by themselves are implanted. Now application of endoscopic laser too is used instead of self expanding metal stents. Even though it is easy and safe to keep expandable stents inside the esophagus of the patients they too can result in producing certain complications. Distal migration is the main problem caused by metal stents which has the incidence rate of ten to thirty percent in patients. It has been found that it is common by fifty percent when endoprostheses (covered) are used in treating distal lesions of the esophagus which also involves the gastroesophageal junction. In case of complete migration of the stents inside the stomach, it needs to be removed through small gastrotomy or endoscopy. But if the stent had partially migrated then a second stent (uncovered) can be inserted to prevent the previous one from moving further. But replacing the partially or completely displaced stent is said to be a safe and usual technique that can offer maximum results.
Another problem faced with esophageal cancer stents is caused due to the ingrowth of tumor via the uncovered stent mesh. This can happen in seventeen to thirty six percent of persons or covered overgrowth in nearly nine percent of cases. The problem of recurrent dysphagia can be overcome by placing an extra stent.
Survival rate of esophageal cancer patients with stents can vary from patient to patient depending on their genes, life style, health quality, food they intake, exercise they adopt, treatment option they are undergoing and so on.
Other uncommon complications faced by esophageal cancer patients with stents include self limiting and mild hemorrhage, esophageal perforation, pain after the placement of stents and so on. Normally the pain felt in the esophagul after the placement of the stents resolves in few days normally and is found to be very common. The overall survival rates of esophageal cancer patients with stents even though found to be poor with an average survival of eighteen weeks alone especially with both esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma patients; it did improve the quality of life. Hence many doctors and researchers have concluded that esophageal cancer stenting is effective and safe palliative way for treating dysphagia.
The effectiveness of any treatment or therapy for cancer should be determined based on the tumor response observation; side effects occurrences, survival impact and amount spend for improving the patients life quality.
Natural Remedies:
There are certain natural remedies that offer a promising cure for esophageal cancer. Along with the natural remedies and a well-researched different diet pattern, a few simple adjustments to your lifestyle can make a huge difference to your efforts for prolonging the life for several years. You can increase your chances of surviving esophagus cancer now by trying these proven natural remedies discussed in http://cancernaturalremedies.com
by: Ian Eallard
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