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Esophageal Cancer: Surgery Or Not?

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Can you explain further on the positioning? Mine was one third of the way down, stage III, confined to the esophagus. I underwent chemoradiation and I'm only two months out, but I show dramatic shrinkage and a drop in SUV score from 14.7 to 7. They feel most of the return is from late-onset esophagitis and my score will drop to normal. I'll be 86 in a few months and decided against surgery. My ex-wife died from EC, although hers was adeno and mine is squamous, about a third of the way down. After seeing her misery with the surgery and the long rehab, and how little time I have left in any case, I made my decision. Hence, my question about your positioning...

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He has no problem eating and drinking now. What is an SUV score?

My tumor was low, blocking the stomach entrance. Yours is higher, so the problem might not exist.