About Esophageal Cancer And Ways To Cure It

(13th May, 2014, Mumbai.)(http://www.ralconhealthcare.com/) Esophageal cancer is a cancer in which along, hollow tube that runs from mouth to stomach. It begins in the cell that line the inside of esophagus. Men populations are mostly affected by this cancer as compared to women. It occurs mostly in lower portion of the esophagus. Symptoms: The most common signs and symptoms that a patient affected by esophageal cancer are- difficulty in swallowing, unwanted weight loss (without trying), fatigue, indigestion, coughing, choking while eating, and chest pain. It’s important to let the doctor know if a person is affected by any of these symptoms. Adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, choriocarcinoma, lymphoma, melanoma, sarcoma, and small cell cancer are the various types of esophageal cancer that can happen if not treated in the early stage of the cancer which be life threatening. Testing of esophageal cancer can be done by X-rays of esophagus, and by collecting the sample of tissue for testing (biopsy). Treatments: Doctor may advise an esophageal cancer patient to do the surgery to remove very small tumors if the cancer is in the early stage. Patient may be asked to remove portion of esophagus that contains tumors and lymph nodes by surgery. Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that is use to kill the cancer cells. It is used before or after the surgery of the patient who are having esophageal cancer. Radiotherapy is the high powered energy beams used to kill the cancer cells. Here radiation comes from a machine outside of your body that aims the beams at your cancer. A surgeon provides nutrition inside the body. Surgeon inserts a feeding tube so that a patient can receive nutrition directly in to his\her stomach or intestine.

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