Cancer of the esophagus is generally seen in pateints over 50 and chronic smokers. They present with dysphagia or symptom of food getting stuck in the foodpipe while swallowing,. This will be progress to a stage where the patient cannot even swallow water.As a result the patiens loses wait drastically and becomes thin and weak. He will the nrequire an upper GI endoscopy and a biopsy for confirmation. Following which a CT scan and or a PET scan is done to look for spread of tumour to the liver or...
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