The survival rates for esophageal cancer are generally very low. The cancerous cells start to grow inside the esophagus and then slowly spread outwards. Due to this reason, the esophageal cancer survival rate goes on decreasing with every stage passed by and the ailment also gets more severe. There are four stages in esophageal cancer and as the patient crosses over from one stage to another, the chances of survival goes on diminishing.In the...more
In esophageal cancer, the patient is affected due to many reasons and one of the main reasons is persistent cough. Chronic cough or persistent cough is a cough that does not resolve or go away. Chronic cough is a symptom of other disorders and is not a disease. Cough plays a major role in maintaining the integrity of the airways and can be voluntary or involuntary. Persistent cough can be a vexing problem for the patient as well as the...more
Prognosis which is also known as prognostication is the doctor's judgment of the likely or the expected chances of the disease. Prognosis generally depends greatly on the stage at which it is present, but overall it is poor and may be just five years of survival. This is because are present with advanced stage of the esophageal cancer. The patients with esophageal cancer restricted to the mucosa will have the survival rate of about 80% which may also drop to less than 50% when the submucosa is also affected. The survival rate may be nearly 20% when the cancer cells extend up to the muscularis propria, the survival rate may be 7% when it extends up to other organs and less than 3 percent when it spreads up to distant metastases. The overall prognosis for the esophageal cancer may depend on many factors and the main factors among them are the age and general health of the patient and the stage of the disease (how far the disease has spread at the time when it is diagnosed). In the fourth stage of the esophageal cancer, unfortunately the prognosis is said to be poor. The patients in this final stage of esophageal cancer are normally treated with palliative chemotherapy as this...more
Esophageal cancer is the malignant change in the cells present in the lining of the esophagus. The tumors of esophageal cancer often invade the submucosa layer of connective tissue and then the muscular layer of the organs. This type of cancer can be caused by many of the following reasons listed below. The researchers have identified several risk...more
Surgery is suggested for the treatment of esophageal cancer. There are two types of surgery available such as esophagectomy and Esophagogastrecotomy. The second type of surgery is recommended if the cancer is at the lower end of the esophagus or it has spread upto the stomach. Generally for this type of surgery, a part of the esophagus with cancer...more
The survival rate for esophageal cancer goes on decreasing year by year and is generally very low. The treatment for esophageal cancer has improved in the recent times and hence the survival rate has slightly increased. Initially the cancerous cell growth starts from inside the esophagus and then slowly spread outwards. The ailment gets more severe and the rate of survival keeps on decreasing as the patient passes every stage.The survival rate for esophageal cancer depends on the treatment and the treatment decision is influenced by many factors. The TNM cancer system uses some important information such as the tumor size and how far it has spread in the esophagus, whether the cancer has spread to the nearby lymph nodes or to the nearby organs etc. There are four stages in the esophageal cancer and the rate of survival for the patient decreases stage by stage.Survival rates for the affected patients may vary from patient to patient depending on their life style, genes, food they intake, health quality, exercise they adopt, the type of treatment chosen by them, treatment duration and so on. The survival rates for different stages of esophageal cancer are described below.In the...more
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