Esophageal Cancer

Overview

Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer death in the world. There are two histologies: adenocarcinomas and squamous cell cancers. Symptoms include dysphagia, weight loss, pain, hoarseness, and aspiration. Diagnosis includes an EGD and an endoscopic ultrasound. Staging includes imaging, such as CT and PET scans.

Treatment Options

Treatment options include surgery, neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation, post operative chemoradiotherapy, or for metastatic disease chemotherapy alone. Chemotherapy agents include 5-FU, paclitaxel, docetaxel, vinorelbine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan.

Esophageal Cancer Specialists

Dr. Raymond Tsao

Dr. Tsao is board certified in medical oncology and hematology. He is currently seeing patients with all types of cancer, with a focus on hematologic and gastrointestinal malignancies, including esophageal, stomach, colorectal and pancreatic cancer. Dr. Tsao is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Society of Hematology.

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Dr. Vijay Narendran

Dr. Narendran is board certified in medical oncology and hematology. Dr. Narendran treats a variety of cancers and has a special interest in gastrointestinal and hematologic malignancies. Dr. Narendran is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.

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Sujal Shah, MD

Sujal Shah, MD is a former assistant professor of medicine at the University of Texas at Austin and an associate instructor of clinical medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dr. Shah completed his internal medicine residency and his hematology and oncology fellowship at Tulane University Hospital and Clinics in New Orleans.

Dr. Shah is currently seeing patients with different types of cancers, with a focus on lung cancer and head and neck cancers. Dr. Shah is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.

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Kelly Foster, MD

Dr. Foster is board certified in medical oncology, internal medicine and palliative medicine. She is currently seeing patients with all types of cancer, with a focus on breast and gastrointestinal cancers (gastric, esophageal, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, colon, anal). She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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