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Esophageal cancer Treatment

Esophageal cancer is cancer that occurs in the esophagus (Food Pipe) — a long, hollow tube that runs from your throat to your stomach. Your esophagus helps move the food you swallow from the back of your throat to your stomach to be digested.

Colon Cancer Causes and Symptoms

Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)

Weight loss without trying

Chest pain, pressure or burning

Worsening indigestion or heartburn

Coughing or hoarseness

Blood Vomiting

Diagnosis will be made by an endoscopy (camera through your food pipe) and a biopsy. Staging of the disease will be done by a CT scan. A PET scan might also be required.

Esophagectomy is a surgical procedure to remove some or all of the swallowing tube between your mouth and stomach (esophagus) and then reconstruct it using part of another organ, usually the stomach or part of the intestine.

An esophagectomy may also be recommended for noncancerous conditions when prior attempts to save the esophagus have failed, such as strictures after ingestion of material that damages the lining of the esophagus.