Where will esophageal cancer spread

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My uncle has been checking out esophageal cancer for some time. In his daily life, he often feels the symptoms of foreign body sensation in his throat. Recently, he went to the hospital for surgical treatment. Now his condition is under control. For patients with esophageal cancer, do you want to know where esophageal cancer will spread?

Where will esophageal cancer spread

First of all, liver metastasis is the most common organ metastasis of esophageal cancer. Esophageal cancer patients with liver metastases are often anorexia, weight loss, accompanied by liver enlargement, abdominal mass, jaundice, no obvious liver dysfunction.

Secondly, the lung metastases of esophageal cancer form multiple metastatic nodules in the lung, the treatment effect is not good, most of them are in advanced stage at the time of diagnosis, so it is no longer suitable for surgery. Most of the peritoneal metastases of peritoneal esophageal cancer are advanced esophageal cancer passing through serosa, especially poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma.

Finally: peritoneal metastasis of esophageal cancer is often accompanied by ascites, which can also infiltrate the intestinal tract, ureter and common bile duct, causing adhesion and stricture of the intestinal tract, common bile duct and ureter, forming various degrees of obstruction, and masses can be found in the abdomen.

matters needing attention

Patients with esophageal cancer should have a positive and optimistic attitude to face and treat this disease. The typical symptoms of bone metastasis of esophageal cancer are progressive local bone pain, percussion pain, mostly accompanied by anemia, fever, bleeding, and a few may have local mass or complicated with pathological fracture.