Esophageal cancer

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Cancer that forms in tissues lining the esophagus. The esophagus is the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach. Two types of esophageal cancer are squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma is cancer that begins in flat cells lining the esophagus. Adenocarcinoma is cancer that begins in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids.
 

 

 

 

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Click here for the ESMO guidelines of esophageal cancer.

 

Esophageal Cancer

Oesophagus cancer

Cancer of the Esophagus

Cancer of the oesophagus

Oesophageal Cancer

Esophagus Cancer

Tumor of the esophagus

Tumour of the oesophagus

Oesophageal tumour

Esophageal tumor

The following list of treatments is based on what we have found in scientific studies about cancer. More information about the listed therapies can be found under the tab THERAPIES. For registered drugs, radiotherapy and surgical interventions, approval by the authorities is given.

Surgical interventions

Procedures involving instrumental means to investigate or treat a cancer, or to improve the body’s functions or appearance. Generally, a surgical intervention involves an incision. More

Endoscopic mucosal resection
Esophagectomy

Registered drugs

Anti-cancer drugs with market authorization in the USA or in countries of the European Union. More

5-Fluorouracil
Denosumab
Pamidronate
Porfimer sodium
Trastuzumab
Vindesine

Cell-based therapies

Administration to patients of their own or someone else’s manipulated human cells. More

Dendritic cell therapy

Natural products (excluding registered drugs)

Substances found in nature that usually have a pharmacological or biological activity. More

Carctol
PSK
Selenium

Energy based therapies

Use of electromagnetic energy including electricity, magnetic fields, radio waves, microwaves, infrared rays and light to diagnose or treat disease.

Hyperthermia
Thermal ablation

A clinical trial is a research study conducted with patients to evaluate whether a new treatment is safe (safety) and whether it works (efficacy). Clinical trials are performed to test the efficacy of drugs but also non-drug treatments such as radiotherapy or surgery and combinations of different treatments. Clinical trials take place in all kinds of hospitals and clinics, but mostly in academic hospitals. They are organized by researchers and doctors.

RCT provides a tool to search for phase III clinical trials by type of cancer and by country. For Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France and the UK, RCT provides contacts to get more information about the phase III clinical trials currently ongoing. Discuss the possibilities of participating in one of these clinical trials with your doctor.

The list of the phase III clinical trials for oesophagus cancer is available here.