Esophageal Cancer

Esophageal cancer is cancer from the esophagus - the food tube that travels between the throat and stomach. Muscles usually include difficulty in swallowing and weight loss. Other indications may include swallowing when swallowing, licking, enlarged lymph nodes ("glands") round the spine, dry cough, and possibly coughing or vomiting. The two main sorts of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (commonly associated with ESCC), most common in developing countries, and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), the most common in the developed world. The number of abnormal types is also present. Squamous-cell carcinoma occurs in epithelial Cells from the esophagus. Adenocarcinoma appear in the glandular cells present in the lower part of the esophagus, most commonly having changed the type of intestinal cell (a condition known as Barrett's esophagus). Squamous include tobacco, alcohol, hot drinks, poor nutrition and chewing betel nut. The most common causes of adenocarcinoma are cigarette smoking, obesity, and acid reflux. The disease is diagnosed by a biopsy done by an endoscope (fibrotic camera) .The initiation involves quitting smoking and eating healthy food. General condition and preferences. Local remedies for squamous-cells can be treated by surgery alone in the hope that they will be cured. In many cases, chemotherapy with or without radiation is used along with surgery.

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