Cancer in the Upper portion of the Esophagus

Tressa L.
Tressa L. Member Posts: 4
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

Hi All. I am wondering if anyone has had Cancer in the upper (cerival portion) of the esophagus?

 

My mom was recently diagnosed with Cervical Esophageal Cancer. She is T2 or T3, N0 or N1, M0. They are not sure about the lymph because they cannot biopsy it due to location. did not light up like normal cancer would on PET. There were no other METS. Her tumor is 3.8 CM.

The Dr. is saying that surgery is not an option due to where the tumor is.

They are going to do 7 weeks of radiation 1 hour per day Mon-Fri (35 total) and 1 chemo (Charbo/Taxol) each of those 7 weeks. Then she will have a break for 4-5 weeks and then they want to do more chemo only a stronger dose.

She has had and beaten cancer twice befor... She had Hodgkins Lymphoma when she was 19 years young. had remission for 27 years until she got Breast Cancer at 27. She had remission from that for 15 years and now she is dealing with this. 

Please help with any advice and I would really like to hear from anyone who had had EC in this portion of the esophagus.

 

Thank you in Advance for any help you can give me. I feel so darn helpless!

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  • momall25ofu
    momall25ofu Member Posts: 81 Member
    #2
    My dad had esophageal cancer.

    My dad had esophageal cancer.  We went to MD Anderson and they did an esophogectomy surgery that saved his life.  He lived another 20 years.   It was a hard surgery, but he slowly got better and returned to his former quality of life.  

    A friend also had esophageal cancer, went the more conservative treatment route, kept fighting the cancer for three years and died.  

    Because of this, I believe in having an esophogectomy.

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