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Newly diagnosed esophageal cancer. I have a lot of questions.

Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Mar 5 10:18pm | Replies (30)
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@golfngal

My son is diagnosed with stage 1C esophagus cancer.he. is so confused after seeing surgeon and oncologist. Oncologist said radiation and chemo can get rid of it.
He was ready to start, .now the drs want to do surgery first. . It was caused by reflux, barrels esog.. I know removal of esophagus is recommended because of Barrets. Has anyone had just chemo and radition.?
I'm confused also.he don't want to hav surgery

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deepdive1967 | @deepdive1967 | Mar 1 9:21pm

I was stage 1 also and went straight to surgery. I would first recommend getting a second opinion if you have confusion on what you are being told.

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) could be a option I would ask about, it was brand new back when I had mine in 2010 so I didn't feel comfortable with it and had the surgery.

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