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Can A Large Mass In Esophagus Be Cancerous?
My dad went in for a ERCP this morning to see if his pancreaes is the primary source of his cancer.(He has stage 4 bone cancer, liver cancer. HAD it in his prostate and HAD it in is bladder) The dr was back in the room in less than 15 min and said they found a large mass in his esophagus, took biopsys and will find out tomorrow if it is cancer. The ERCP was never done due to the abstruction. At this point does it really matter? The dr's have been treating him for acid reflux...surely not the case. He has lost over 100 lbs since last Nov. Do you think that is caused from the esophagus or do you think it could be from the pancreaes? His T5-19 cells are elevated which they say is a true sign of being in the pancreas...They both seem to have the same symptoms..is that right? Thank you for your time......Stressed!
Thu, 7 May 2015
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I can understand your father's situation and problem.
Pancreatic cancers are very rare.
Esophageal cancer is more common then pancreatic cancer. His cancer has already spread to liver, prostate, bladder etc.
So possibility of esophageal cancer as primary site is more.
Another supporting evidence is, chronic complain of acid reflux. So possibility of primary esophageal cancer is high.
If biopsy report is not showing any pancreatic tissue then it is primary esophageal cancer only.
Hope I have solved your query.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your father.
Thanks.
I can understand your father's situation and problem.
Pancreatic cancers are very rare.
Esophageal cancer is more common then pancreatic cancer. His cancer has already spread to liver, prostate, bladder etc.
So possibility of esophageal cancer as primary site is more.
Another supporting evidence is, chronic complain of acid reflux. So possibility of primary esophageal cancer is high.
If biopsy report is not showing any pancreatic tissue then it is primary esophageal cancer only.
Hope I have solved your query.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your father.
Thanks.
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