Isr Med Assoc J
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Review
Obstructive Esophageal Cancers at Endoscopy Are Associated with Reduced Survival and Poor Outcome.
Esophageal cancer is comprised of adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma and is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Upper endoscopy may reveal a partially or completely lumen-occluding mass at diagnosis, yet the prognostic significance of such a presentation is not clear. ⋯ Obstructive esophageal cancers predict shorter median overall survival compared with non-obstructive cancers, without any correlation between obstruction of the lesion and tumor metastatic stage.
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Review Case Reports
VA-ECMO for Thyroid Storm: Case Reports and Review of the Literature.