Photodynamic therapy in the palliative treatment of esophageal cancer

Esophageal carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in the world and has an increasing incidence in Western civilisation and poor prognosis. In most cases palliative treatment is the only kind of therapy, which can be applied. In the Department of Digestive Tract Diseases, Medical University, Lodz, Poland, we have used PDT in two cases of palliative therapy of advanced esophageal cancer in cervical location of esophagus. We find PDT very promising, minimally invasive, safe and easy technique to perform for esophageal cancer of cervical localization.