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My mother is newly diagnosed! Looking for best ENT/thoracic surgeon at MD Anderson Houston tx

Kristen1112
Kristen1112 CSN Member Posts: 17
in Esophageal Cancer #1

Hello, my mother has been a survivor for 9 years of Squamous cell carcinoma in epiglottis! she began rapid weight loss that lead to biopsy and now it is back on the back wall of her larynx! We went to doctor yesterday and now he is saying high chance it's in esophagus. I would like to know what surgeons people would recommend! Thank you

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  • callerid
    callerid CSN Member Posts: 96
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    Surgeon

    I have heard several people mention Dr. Wayne L. Hofstetter at MD Anderson for thoracic surgery. Best of luck! 

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  • Rickyr1219
    Rickyr1219 CSN Member Posts: 53
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    Dr Hofstetter did my Ivor Lewis Surgery

    Dr Hofstetter performed my Ivor Lewis Surgery in Nov 2012.  He is a top notch surgeon.  Has a great Physician's Assistant that you see some on office visits.  I had a personality clash with his attending physician but Hofstetter knows his stuff.

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  • Kristen1112
    Kristen1112 CSN Member Posts: 17
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    Rickyr1219 said:

    Dr Hofstetter did my Ivor Lewis Surgery

    Dr Hofstetter performed my Ivor Lewis Surgery in Nov 2012.  He is a top notch surgeon.  Has a great Physician's Assistant that you see some on office visits.  I had a personality clash with his attending physician but Hofstetter knows his stuff.

    Thank you so much for the

    Thank you so much for the information. 

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