Symptoms of Esophageal Cancer

Early symptoms of esophageal cancer is not very clear, more than half of patients with systemic metastases at diagnosis, after a 5-year survival rate of operation only 25% to 40%. Therefore, understanding the symptoms of esophageal cancer, impact on the detection and early treatment to improve life expectancy.

1. In the throat feels weird, and chokes when swallowing food

2. When swallowing sternum feels hot, burning or pain as interested

3. Difficulty swallowing, so it can not eat, often accompanied by vomiting, abdominal pain, weight loss and other symptoms

4. Difficulty eating continuously can cause malnutrition, weight loss, chacexia, the spread of cancer can occur, pressure, and other complications.

It should be noted, if you have symptoms like this, not necessarily cancer of the esophagus, the esophagus may also be due to other diseases, but if you have like this should go to the hospital for examination in order to know whether the disease is caused by cancer or by other diseases.

Diagnosis of esophageal cancer

1. Fiber endoscopy: how is widely used to examine gastrointestinal disease (esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, etc.)

2. Examination with ultrasound: to determine the depth of the lesion in the esophagus inflirtasi; to measure the enlarged lymph nodes were abnormal on the wall of the esophagus; lepsi siting on the wall of the esophagus

3. X-ray examination: can determine the lesion, length and temperature of obstruction, can also determine the cancer cells have not been attacked or other parts.

4. CT Scan: CT scan can clearly show the relationship between the esophagus with mediastinal adjacent, but somewhat difficult to detect early esophageal cancer.

5. Esophageal cytology: examination is simple, with early check pain.

Staging of Esophageal cancer

Stage 0: Early esophageal cancer, cancer that occurs only in the keronkongan limited, there are no changes to be malignant on other networks, also did not spread to the lymph nodes.

Stage 1: The cancer to other parts of the attack have deprived under layer of the epidermis, the cancer cells appeared in the lamina propria or submucosa, but not disturb muscle. Cancer will not spread to lymph nodes or other organs.

Stage 2: Can spread the lymph nodes but not to other organs.

Stage 3: The cancer has spread to the trachea esophagus adjacent to other organs, but do not affect the associated lymph nodes, no distant metastases.

Stage 4: Esophageal cancer has spread through the blood to other organs such as the liver, bones, brain and others.