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Suggest Treatment For Oesophageal Cancer

I want to know about the treatment for food pipe cancer, my mother age 70 weight 43, earlier 25 years back suffered from lungs infection( left lung 75% collapsed), pataient of hyper acidity and high blood pressure, having difficulty in eating food(swallow prob),
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Treatment of any cancer is based on its staging. And this stands true for esophageal cancer.
So please get done CT neck with thorax to see exact size of tumour and local spread.
Also get done PET SCAN to see for distal metastases.
By al these staging can be determined.
If distal metastases is present than it is considered as stage 4 cancer. It is inoperable and only treatment option is palliative chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
But if stage 1, 2 or 3 is there than surgical options are available along with chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
So better to consult oncologist first and discuss all these.
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Suggest Treatment For Oesophageal Cancer

Thanks for your question on HCM. Treatment of any cancer is based on its staging. And this stands true for esophageal cancer. So please get done CT neck with thorax to see exact size of tumour and local spread. Also get done PET SCAN to see for distal metastases. By al these staging can be determined. If distal metastases is present than it is considered as stage 4 cancer. It is inoperable and only treatment option is palliative chemotherapy and radiotherapy. But if stage 1, 2 or 3 is there than surgical options are available along with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. So better to consult oncologist first and discuss all these.