Esophagus Cancer Information

Esophagus cancer is a serious malignancy with a relatively low cure rate. Many patients are not candidates for surgery and in the past were commonly treated with palliative (low dose) radiation. Now most patients get chemo-radiation which has better results and which may be equal to the results seen with surgery (see treatment sections above and she the guidelines from the NCCN here.)

Treatment	Median Survival	2 Year Survival	5 Year Survival
Radiation	9 months	10 - 12%	0 - 7%
Chemo-Radiation	12.5 - 20 months	27 - 72%	17 - 27% (55%)

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