Symptoms of esophageal/oesophagal cancer

By Candace

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Cancers are one of the leading diseases that are killing many people across the globe. The dangerous thing is that we have several kinds of cancers presently affecting people.

Some of the cancers are esophagus cancer, throat cancer, breast cancer, blood cancer, brain cancer, and many others.

Esophagus cancer is the one that affects the esophagus which is part of the alimentary canal. . The esophagus, is a relatively straight muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach. The esophagus can contract or expand to allow for the passage of food. Anatomically, it lies behind the trachea and heart and in front of the spinal column.

Esophageal cancers are typically carcinomas that arise from the surface lining, of the esophagus. Most esophageal cancers fall into one of two classes: esophageal squamous-cell carcinomas (ESCC), which are similar to head and neck cancer in their appearance and association with tobacco and alcohol consumption—and esophageal adenocarcinomas (EAC), which are often associated with a history of GERD and Barrett’s esophagus.

Symptoms of esophagus/esophagus cancer

There are various kinds of symptoms of esophagus cancer. These symptoms when seen should prompt that there is likely to be esophagus cancer in the body of the person. But the best kind is to go fo a clinical diagnosis or test to confirm the symptoms.

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Some of the symptoms that are very commonly associated with esophagus cancer conditions are:

  • Trouble swallowing
  • Chest pain
  • Weight loss
  • Hoarseness
  • Chronic coughVomiting
  • Bone pain (if cancer has spread to the bone)
  • Bleeding into the esophagus. This blood then passes through the digestive tract, which may turn the stool black.

Treatment of esophagus cancer

What many people ask is, can this condition be treated when one already has it? The good news is that esophagus cancer is not  a death sentence since it can be treated by these doctors;

  1. A thoracic surgeon: a doctor who treats diseases of the chest with surgery
  2. A surgical oncologist: a doctor who uses surgery to treat cancer
  3. A radiation oncologist: a doctor who treats cancer with radiation therapy
  4. A medical oncologist: a doctor who treats cancer with medicines such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy
  5. A gastroenterologist: a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal (digestive) system

 

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