RADIATION-INDUCED ESOPHAGEAL CANCER - A C ASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
ABBOUD B JAOUDE JB CHAHINE G NOUN R KHOURI K FARAH P
Citation
B. Abboud et al., RADIATION-INDUCED ESOPHAGEAL CANCER - A C ASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique, 21(12), 1997, pp. 987-989
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
03998320
Volume
21
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
987 - 989
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-8320(1997)21:12<987:REC-AC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Esophageal cancer induced by radiation is uncommon. Irradiation of the head the neck, the chest and the abdomen may cause all esophageal can cer several years later. Therefore, regular gastroscopy and biopsy of esophageal mucosa are strongly recommended in symptomatic patients. Su rgery combined or not with radiotherapy seems to be the most effective treatment for this kind of cancer. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus diagnosed 13 years after chemotherapy and r adiotherapy for Hodgkin disease stade IIIb.