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Best treatment centers
Hello all, what treatment centers in the country and people had good experience with and good results?
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stage 4 surgery or not?
A family member has been diagnosed with Stage 4 esophageal cancer with mets to the spine and hip. He received chemo and radiation. The pet scan has shown that the spine lesion is gone. The hip lesion has shrunk considerably. The esophageal cancer has decreased greatly. The doctor is suggesting surgery. Has anyone with…
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Reglan
I was just wondering, Im 3 years post op and the doctor still has me on Reglan. How many others here are still or are on Reglan?
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Stage IV spread to liver
Morning all, My name is Lucy last week my dad was diagnosed with Oesophagus cancer and his key worker said it was early stage one and nothing to worry about. They done another scan im sure it’s called the Pep scan and found more cancerous cells in his body and it has spread to his liver so they won’t operate and say that…
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planned CSN maintenance this morning
Planned maintenance will be done on CSN this morning between 5:00 and 8:00 Eastern Time. There may be one or more outages during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Greta
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treatment completed
Husband just finished 5 weeks of chemo and radiation. Have to wait 5 weeks till PET scan. What can we expect during this time?
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Dr. Miguel F Alvelo-Rivera
Hello - My father had an esophagectomy alomst two years ago at Karmanos in Detroit, Michigan. His surgery was conducted by Dr. Alvelo-Rivera. We recently received a letter from Karmanos stating that he is no longer there but they will not provide information as to why or where he went. Has anyone heard of him joining the…
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Yearly check up
Just returned from Mayo for my yearly ct scan and check up. NED. I am four years out from dx and IL surgery and follow up chemo (cisplatin + 5FU). I am grateful and humbled and continue to pray for all of us fighting this disease. I was dx stage2N1M0. Keep on fighting! Gerry
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liquid anatacids
Out of curiosity, would mint flavor anatcids burn your chest if you have esophageal cancer?
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Help please! scared.
I went into the hospital last month feeling so sick, and hurting in my chest , they did a ct scan on everything in my lower extremities with contrast and seen nothing, said it was gerd. I then went back in about a week later for terrible pain in my chest, they did a chest x ray , back x ray , ct scan of my neck and head ,…
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24hrs post Esophagectomy
So today dad (47 yo T2N1M0 Esophagus cancer patient) is 24 hours post removal of his esophagus. Essentially, they removed the esophagus and pulled his stomach up to replace it. We have been dreding and at the same time praying for this day since he was diagnosed in November. It has been scary, and tiring and overwheling…