Is the 5-year survival rate of esophageal cancer high

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Uncle has dysphagia when eating recently. He went to the hospital and was found to have esophageal cancer. Fortunately, it was only early. I don't know if the five-year survival rate of esophageal cancer is high. Let me talk about the high five-year survival rate of esophageal cancer.

Is the 5-year survival rate of esophageal cancer high

First, as a kind of malignant tumor, the therapeutic effect of esophageal cancer is conceivable, which certainly makes many patients and their families dissatisfied. At present, the five-year survival rate of early esophageal cancer is about 40%, while the five-year survival rate of advanced esophageal cancer is relatively poor, only about 10% ~ 20%.

Second: the incidence rate of esophageal cancer is high. About 200 thousand people die from esophageal cancer every year. Especially in China, where the incidence of esophageal cancer is high, the incidence rate is even the highest in the world. Experts say that if the patient can find esophageal cancer early, the 5 year survival rate can reach 40%-50%. In addition, we should pay attention to the right treatment.

Third: there is no distant metastasis in the early stage of esophageal cancer, and the effect after radical surgery is certainly better, but even if the middle and advanced esophageal cancer is treated surgically, the probability of postoperative recurrence is also very high, and often relapses quickly. In addition to surgical treatment, adjuvant treatment, such as gamma knife, traditional Chinese medicine and so on, can not be expected to cure cancer with only one operation.

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Esophageal cancer can be treated and hopefully cured. For patients with esophageal cancer in different stages, the five-year survival rate is different. It can reach about 40% in the early stage, and only 10% ~ 20% in the middle and late stage.