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What Is The Life Expectancy For Stage III Esophageal Cancer?

Male. Age 52. Esophageal Cancer stage III. treatment to date. Radiation, chemo, esophectomy followed by additional chemo. Surgery November 2009. (3 out of 21 lymph nodes removed positive). All follow up CT scans have been clear to date. I know stats are not in my favor. The boy scout in me wants to prepare for all possible outcomes. My assumption that if reoccurance is to occur should see anytime between now and 18 months or so. My question is this. I can not find anything on the internet that describes the typical last month and or weeks for the patient before death. I realize death may vary if reoccurance occurs in liver, bone, lung etc. Is there a site or information that prepares oneself and family for this period?
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
You have esophageal cancer stage 3. Prognosis is definitely poor. But we van not say exact time for individuals. Its differ from patients to patients. Many factors affect that. Moreover it also depend on spread of disease in lung or liver as you say. So we can not say that its last month or last week for individual right now.
So don't worry much about that. Many people may live more than 3 year or 5 year also. So don't think much about that just take regular treatment and go for regular check up.

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What Is The Life Expectancy For Stage III Esophageal Cancer?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. You have esophageal cancer stage 3. Prognosis is definitely poor. But we van not say exact time for individuals. Its differ from patients to patients. Many factors affect that. Moreover it also depend on spread of disease in lung or liver as you say. So we can not say that its last month or last week for individual right now. So don t worry much about that. Many people may live more than 3 year or 5 year also. So don t think much about that just take regular treatment and go for regular check up. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.