The placement of stents after radiation therapy for esophageal cancer is usually seen in the case of recurrence after radiation therapy. Recurrence after radiotherapy means that the patient has difficulty swallowing again and other conditions that affect the patient’s eating. In this case, more kinds of treatment methods can be chosen.1. Radiotherapy can also be chosen if the time after radiotherapy is longer. The radiation therapy includes external and intraluminal irradiation, which can play the role of local treatment, respiratory therapy, and improve the patient’s poor eating condition. 2. you can put down a gastric tube and play food directly from the stomach and intestines. 3. if the gastric tube cannot be put down, you can also choose gastrostomy and play nutritious food from the outside. 4. putting a stent is also a good choice, even some patients have an esophageal fistula, placing a stent with membrane can directly block the Esophageal fistula, also can improve the patient’s feeding condition. However, after stenting, more patients have uncomfortable reactions, some patients can tolerate it, and some patients tolerate it relatively poorly.