Hi doctor. I went to the doctor for Barrett's esophagus, I want to know if the transition from Barrett's esophagus to esophageal cancer is fast? The doctor performed an endoscopy and took medicine but did not take a biopsy.

Hi doctor! The 87-year-old brother was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer. Currently, he cannot eat because of choking and acid reflux. It is also difficult to drink.

Ung thư thực quản là một dạng ung thư phổ biến, nếu bệnh được phát hiện sớm ở những giai đoạn đầu, khi tế bào ung thư chưa di căn và thực hiện phẫu thuật cắt thực quản thì hoàn toàn có thể điều trị ung thư mang lại hiệu quả cao.

Esophageal cancer is a malignant lesion of cells originating from the esophagus, which can occur in any location of the esophagus, and is more common in men than in women. The mortality rate from esophageal cancer ranks 6th among cancers in the world, the incidence rate varies between regions. However, most diseases are related to smoking and alcohol consumption or nutritional habits and obesity.

Esophageal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the gastrointestinal tract - ranking 3rd in gastrointestinal cancers, after stomach cancer and colorectal cancer. Diagnosis of esophageal cancer needs to be accurate to distinguish it from other diseases of the esophagus.

Esophageal cancer is the 8th most common cancer in the world and has the poorest prognosis because when clinically detected, the tumor is often at an advanced stage.

Esophageal cancer that metastasizes to bone is rare, but the prognosis is poor. Many studies have been conducted to identify independent risk factors for predicting the development of metastatic esophageal cancer, but the results are ambiguous. Meanwhile, the treatment of esophageal cancer with bone metastases by combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy can only improve the prognosis of patients from 1 to 8 months.

Patients with end-stage esophageal cancer may die from exhaustion because the tumor is too large to compress, making the patient unable to eat and drink, so they are increasingly exhausted and lack nutrients to nourish the body.