Open AccessFollow-up study on symptom distress in esophageal cancer patients undergoing repeated dilation
Author(s) -
Li Liu,
Qianwen Liu,
Xiaodan Wu,
Shu-Yue Liu,
Huijiao Cao,
Pengcheng Zhang,
Hong Qin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i16.3503
Subject(s) - medicine , dilation (metric space) , distress , esophagus , esophageal cancer , stenosis , significant difference , gastroenterology , cancer , clinical psychology , mathematics , combinatorics
Repeated endoscopic probe dilatation is the most preferred treatment for esophageal stenosis which may cause high levels of symptom distress in the patient's home rehabilitation stage.