Recurrence of esophageal cancer after stenting

Recurrence of esophageal cancer after radiotherapy often occurs within a few years, and the clinical manifestations of early recurrence are hidden. Once discovered, it is often in the late stage and severe dysphagia occurs, which seriously affects the patient's quality of life. At present, the retreatment of esophageal cancer recurrence after radiotherapy is still a difficult problem in the oncology community. Palliative treatment is inevitable, among which metal stent implantation can significantly relieve dysphagia in the short term.

After esophageal cancer surgery, biological immunotherapy is used. Biological immunotherapy is currently an effective and safe method for adjuvant treatment of tumors. Biological immunotherapy and surgical treatment, chemotherapy and radiotherapy can be used together to have a strong complementary effect. Experts point out that it can have a unique therapeutic effect on the patient's damaged immune system: it can be used in conjunction with surgical treatment to prevent tumor recurrence and metastasis; it can be used together with chemotherapy to prolong life and improve the patient's quality of life. Biological immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy can effectively relieve the pain of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is also one of the three traditional methods of treating tumors. Its advantage is that chemotherapy uses chemical drugs for treatment. These anti-tumor drugs can quickly disperse throughout the body after entering the human body, which can kill both local cancer cells and metastatic cancer cells. It is a systemic treatment that inhibits tumor growth and spread.

Esophageal stents can support the narrow esophagus and solve the patient's eating problem in the next few months. On the one hand, the patient's nutrition is guaranteed, and on the other hand, it is also a great psychological comfort for the patient. However, it should be emphasized that esophageal stents do not directly treat esophageal cancer, and as the lesion progresses, the stent may become narrower, and then it will need to be expanded or re-placed. If it is close to the cardia, consider placing an anti-reflux stent.