2003年1月—2005年10月对未能手术的38例老年晚期食管癌重度梗阻患者行食管支架置入术联合放射治疗,获得了较好的治疗效果,总结如下。1资料与方法1.1一般资料本组38例均为住院患者,男25例,女13例,年龄60~83岁。所有病例均经病理学检查证实为食管鳞状细胞癌,病变长度4~12 cm,平 From January 2003 to October 2005, 38 patients with severe esophageal obstruction who had failed to surgery underwent esophageal stent placement combined with radiotherapy and achieved good therapeutic effects, which are summarized as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information The group of 38 patients were hospitalized patients, 25 males and 13 females, aged 60 to 83 years. All cases were confirmed by pathological examination of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, the lesion length of 4 ~ 12 cm, flat