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Esophageal Cancer

Archives for March 2018

Anyone with experience with trachea mets from Renal Cancer?
My son-in-law who has stage IV grade 4 sarcomatoid kidney cancer is having a bronchoscopy today due to thickening lining in his trachea and a productive cough that won't go away (with traces of blood). The oncologist and pulmonologist is guessing that it is the RCC that has spread. Has anyone on this thread had EC come…
Recovery from Ivor Lewis
My husband had his esophagectomy on January 30. His surgery appears to be healing well, and he had a good pathology report. He experienced severe dumping syndrome, but that has improved. He is having a lot of trouble stimulating his appetite. Also, he will develop a low grade fever off and on throughout the day. Has anyone…
Ivor Lewis procedure
Just popping in to give a little update! My husband just Got discharged after a hospital stay of 14 days from having the Ivor Lewis surgery for stage 3 Adenocarcinoma of the GE Junction! Lymph nodes closest to the tumor came back positive for cancer but the ones further out tested clear! I will celebrate that! As I have…
Vomiting after stent placement
My dad has stage 4 esophageal cancer. He had a stent placed last Friday at the esophageal/stomach junction, as he was unable to swallow his saliva. Since then, he has kept down maybe 1/4 of the liquids he's consumed. He's tried water, jello, mashed potatoes, and canned fruit. Since the sphincter is held open, everything…
Radiation-induced pneumonitis
My husband recently dodged a bullet. Last month he was diagnosed with "severe sepsis" and "septic shock" and "pneumonia" and "acute respiratory failure," etc. He was admitted to ICU and was on mechanical ventilation for 5 days. RADIATION-INDUCED PNEUMONITIS was the true diagnosis, according to the oncologist, but this…
Post Surgery
My husband had an Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy a little more than six weeks ago. He is running a low grade fever off and on. Also, last night he vomited soon after he went to bed, and there was a small amount of blood in the vomit. Is there anyone else who has experienced this?
So frightened
My mother has recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. At this stage, we know very little, as she has not yet had a CT scan, PET scan, or barium swallow. She is 71 years old and has always been in good health, and this came out of the blue. She became anemic, was admitted to the hospital for a blood transfusion and…
Stage IV Esophageal Inoperable
I was diagnosed with Stage IV esophageal adenocarcinoma at the Gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) 6 weeks ago. I have a 4cm tumor at the GEJ, and extensive (distant) metastasis throughout my lymphatic system - primarily in my abdomen and lower chest. Fortunately, I am receiving world-class treatment from a terrific…
Esophagogastrectomye’re
I am posting this until I get a chance to respond Personally to everyone who wrote to me! My husband came through a 7 hr surgery Monday, Esophagogastrectomy! Ivor Lewis surgery for Adenocarcinoma stage 3 at the GE Junction! He is still in ICU but they hope to place him in a private room soon! This is only day 2 but he did…
Carbo Taxol Chemo Response outcomes for EC
Hi - Am looking for some info on level of complete remission or shrinkage on Carbo-Taxol chemo ? There is lot of data available on FOLFOX but am not able to find lot of people who got Carbo-Taxol Chemo for EC ? If anyone had experiences ( for EC , not for other cancers ) , please kindly share . Thank you .
Mulan1960~Info re Esophageal Cancer Stage IV-Herceptin-Hipec-"J" tube-chemo treatments-Used some "UK
[Note to Mulan1960--Since there are many UK Esophageal Cancer patients that write here, I have chosen to answer your letter https://csn.cancer.org/node/315238 in a separate topic forum so that others may be able to gain some knowledge from the things we are discussing here. Here are my comments to the letter you wrote…
Newly diagnosed stage 4
Hello, I'm from the UK and my husband has recently been diagnosed as Stage 4 with a spread to the peritoneal lining. We are both devastated as our world has fallen apart. I've been reading the posts on here since his initial endoscopy as initially it looked so promising. He was diagnosed with Barrett's approximately 16…
Cindyrk23~Info re Esophageal Cancer-Herceptin-Radioembolization (Liver treatment) & hospital ratings
Cindyrk23 ~ (I’m writing as though I were talking to Cindy who is 30 years old and now diagnosed as Esophageal Cancer, Stage IV with metastasis to the Liver although her husband is the one actually posting here.) Based on your first post on February 18, 2018 and your last post here,…

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