What Researchers Did
Researchers reported on a 60-year-old woman who developed an esophageal stricture after concurrent palliative radiation and targeted therapy, successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen and dilation.
What They Found
A 60-year-old woman with metastatic renal cancer developed severe esophagitis and an esophageal stricture after receiving palliative radiation over a 2-week period concurrently with nivolumab and then cabozantinib. The stricture required a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube but was successfully managed with serial esophageal dilation and hyperbaric oxygen treatments.
Canadian Relevance
This study has no direct Canadian connection.
Study Limitations
As a single case report, the findings of this study are not generalizable to a broader patient population.