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Summary
• There are different strategies to alleviate dysphagia in LA-EC
• There is no consensus on the optimal intervention
• Systematic comparisons of different modalities are rare
• Chemotherapy can provide palliation, improve QOL and prolong OS
• Chemoradiotherapy is more effective than radiotherapy in terms of
locoregional control
• Clinical benefit from chemotherapy, chemoradiotherapy and EBRT is
slow in onset, and most patients are unfit