Hi my name is Bob. My Father in law just recently went through esophageol cancer. His only symptoms were difficulty in swallowing and weight loss.They scoped his throat and found a tumor and a biopsy showed it to be cancerous. He had surgery where they removed a grapefruit sized tumor, his entire esophagus and a portion of his stomach. They checked the lymph nodes and they showed no cancer so there was no other treatment prescribed. The doctors feel confident that they got all the cancer. He is going through a long recovery and having some difficulty eating and drinking but getting better. He was on a feeding tube for several months and just recently had that removed. A few days ago he went back complaining of pain in his hip and they did x-rays and said he has cancer there. From the research I've done it sounds like a bone mestastasis which happens in about fifty percent of cancer patients. They are going to treat it with radiation therapy. I don't know if this helps you any but I thought I would give you all the information I have.

Originally posted by atipfan:
Hi my name is JoAnne. My dad had some testing done. The results came back as Precancer of the esophagus (spelling?) The doctor felt that if he would have taken a bigger biopsy he would have found it as cancer. Tests showed abnormal cells... and inflamation. He will be going to see another doctor on January 4th. before he goes to see the other doctor they will be doing testing to save time when he sees the other doctor. We are trying to get as much information on this and what to expect... if anyone has information about this please reply.. thank you for your ears