Toufic Kachaamy, Chief of Medicine and Director of Gastroenterology at City of Hope, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“I’m excited to share that our latest article has been published in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, VideoGIE, and iGIE
This prospective cohort study evaluated the use of serial palliative liquid-nitrogen spray cryotherapy (LNSC) in patients with advanced esophageal cancer.
Our findings demonstrate that repeated cryotherapy is feasible, safe, and effective for palliation, with meaningful improvement in dysphagia and symptom control, while maintaining a favorable safety profile.
Gratitude to Nick Shaheen for leading this effort and for the opportunity to work with such a fantastic group of collaborators.”
Title: Prospective cohort study of palliative treatment of esophageal cancer with liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy
Authors: Cary C. Cotton, Swathi Eluri, Vivek Kaul, Neil R. Sharma, Stuart R. Gordon, Toufic Kachaamy, George Smallfield, Jason Samarasena, Arvind Trindade, Field F. Willingham, Eugene Zolotarevsky, Jeremy Barber, Shivangi Kothari, Kenneth J. Chang, Petros Benias, Matthew J. McKinley, Arjun K. Juneja, Nicholas J. Shaheen
Read the Full Article on GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, VideoGIE, and iGIE
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