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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Esophageal Cancer |
Esophagus cancer post radiation07/07/2009 |
THIS IS REOCCURANCE OF ESOPHAGUS CANCER [UPPER] ON THE EXTERIOR OF ESOPHAGUS AND HAS HISTORY OF ESOPHAGUS CANCER ON INNER SIDE AND WAS TREATED WITH CHEMORADIATION 11 YEARS BACK AND WAS CURED WITH NO MEDICATION THREAFTER. DOCTORS SUGGEST SURGERY ONLY AS WITH CURRENT CHEMO NO CHANGES ARE FOUND AND NAME OF SUEGERY IS LARYNOPHARTNCOESOPHAGECTOMY GRADE VI. PLEASE SUGGEST IF SURGERY SHOULD BE PERFORMED AND SURVIVAL RATE. CURRENTLY ALSO SUFFERS FROM HYPOTHYROD & HAS SEVER PAIN IN LEGS AND BACK
You need to see a surgeon but I need more information regarding the location. If the cancer is closer to the neck, then you need to see an ENT surgeon. Otherwise, you should be referred to a thoracic or general surgeon.
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Prakash Gatta, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery Department of Surgery College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |
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