What surgical treatment exists for patients with esophageal cancer?

Answer 1

Usually, no. However, that being said, there are surgical procedures which have been able to resect the entirely of the affected area involved, and occasionally radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy have effected long-lasting remissions. It really depends on the stage and grade of the cancer (and how large an area of the esophagus is involved). Consult your oncologist in your particular case. It is important, also, to have this condition diagnosed properly, and treated as early as possible.

Answer 2

Treatment for Esophageal cancer varies as per patient's condition. If the patient cannot swallow at all, a stent may be inserted to keep the esophagus patent; stents may also assist in occluding fistulas. A nasogastric tube may be necessary to continue feeding while treatment for the tumor is given, and some patients require a gastrostomy (feeding hole in the skin that gives direct access to the stomach). The latter two are especially important if the patient tends to aspirate food or saliva into the airways, predisposing for aspiration pneumonia. For more information about esophageal cancer visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesothelioma

Answer 2:

Treatment for esophageal cancer is based on the age of the patient, overall health, and medical history, the extent of the disease, tolerance for specific medications, procedures/therapies. Treatment may include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. A combination of treatments may also be used.

Answer 3

it depends on the stage, or progression of the disease.there is no exact time line for cancer, it is up to the oncologist what type of treatment will help the patient to deal with the symptoms.even if someone is deemed 'terminally ill', there is no way of knowing how long or short the lifespan will be.

Answer 4

Oral or intravenous chemotherapy alone will not cure esophageal cancer, but pre-operative treatments can shrink tumors and increase the probability that cancer can be surgically eradicated. Palliative chemotherapy can relieve.

Answer 5

External beam or internal radiation, delivered by machine or implanted near cancer cells inside the body, is only rarely used as the primary form of treatment. Post-operative radiation is sometimes used to kill cancer cells that couldn't.

Answer 6

The most common operations for the treatment of esophageal cancer are esophagectomy and esophagogastrectomy. Esophagectomy is the removal of the cancerous part of the esophagus and nearby lymph.

Answer 7

There are multiple treatment options for esophageal cancer. Depending on how far advanced the cancer is, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and prescription drugs are all options your doctor will consider.

Answer 8

What treatments options are available for esophageal caner depend on the size and type of tumor. Sometimes surgery is an option. Also there is chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.