Clinical application of esophageal stent loaded with ~(125)I seeds: recent progress in research / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Esophageal cancer is a common malignant tumor. Most patients have already in the late stage of the disease when the diagnosis is confirmed and have lost the surgery chance. In recent years, esophageal stent has been widely applied in the treatment of esophageal stenosis caused by esophageal cancer. The clinical experience shows that the esophageal stent can effectively solve the problem of dysphagia. However, the ordinary esophageal stent has no therapeutic effect on the esophagus tumor. The esophageal stent loaded with ~(125)I seeds can not only solve the dysphagia problem but also can treat the primary esophagus cancer with its brachytherapy effect. This article aims to review the clinical application and the up-to-date research progress of the esophageal stent loaded with ~(125)I seeds.