cancer
Oesophageal cancer
cancer or oesophageal cancer is cancer arising from the —the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include difficulty in swallowing and weight loss. Other symptoms may include pain when swallowing, a hoarse voice, enlarged lymph nodes ("") around the collarbone, a dry cough, and possibly coughing up or vomiting blood.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Difficulty swallowing, weight loss, hoarse voice, enlarged lymph nodes around the collarbone, vomiting blood, blood in the stool
How it's found
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Treatment
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Outlook
- ·Five-year survival rates ~22% (US, 2022)
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