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ArticleCase reports in oncology

Usefulness of Percutaneous Transesophageal Gastro-Tubing in Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer: A Case Report.

Atsushi Naganuma, Ayaka Kishi, Yusuke Ogawa, Tomohiro Kudo, Yoshizumi Kitamoto, Tetsushi Ogawa, Hideto Oishi

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Article in Case reports in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Percutaneous Transesophageal Gastrostomy.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Atsushi NaganumaDepartment of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Takasaki, Japan.
Ayaka KishiNutrition Support Team, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Takasaki, Japan.
Yusuke OgawaNutrition Support Team, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Takasaki, Japan.
Tomohiro KudoDepartment of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Takasaki, Japan.
Yoshizumi KitamotoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Takasaki, Japan.
Tetsushi OgawaNutrition Support Team, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Takasaki, Japan.
Hideto OishiDepartment of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Murayama Medical Center, Musashimurayama, Japan.
National Hospital Organization Takasaki Medical Center · JPMurayama Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is often performed for nutritional management in advanced esophageal cancer. We here report a patient who initially received enteral nutrition via a nasogastric tube and in whom the subsequent use of percutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubing (PTEG) circumvented the need for a gastrostomy. It is believed that PEG is less painful than a nasogastric tube. However, we selected PTEG because a PEG would have been within the planned irradiation field and there was concern about radiation dermatitis. We were able to administer chemoradiotherapy with sufficient nutrition via an enteral feeding tube via esophagostomy. PTEG is a very useful tool in patients at risk of radiation dermatitis of the abdomen.

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ChemoradiotherapyEsophageal cancerPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomyPercutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubingRadiation dermatitis

Identifiers

PMID31911776
PMCPMC6940444
OpenAlexW2990344159

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