Living with Esophageal Cancer

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Complete remission
by: paw on Mon, Sep 29 2008

My husband was diagnosed with esophageal CA in May 08, he was treated with chemo and radiation, and was quite ill secondary to the treatment. However he underwent a EGD 2 weeks ago that showed complete remission, he has one more round of chemo and they will check him every 3 month’s, if there is still remission… every 6 month’s. This was good news beyond our expectations. We now have HOPE.

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Sun, Feb 01 2009
Hi, My brother was diagnosed with esophageal cancer about a month back. The doctor recommended chemotherapy as the first treatment. He just had h...Read

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Complete remission - by paw - (Mon, Sep 29 2008)
My husband was diagnosed with esophageal CA in May 08, he was treated with chemo and radiation, and was quite ill secondary to the treatment. However he underwent a EGD 2 weeks ago that showed complete remission, [more..]

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