Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3478013 | Journal of Experimental & Clinical Medicine | 2011 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The emergence of a second primary cancer is usually one of the leading causes of therapeutic failure in patients with known malignancies. Detection of a second primary cancer may reduce the corresponding morbidity and mortality, especially in patients without the symptoms that are illustrative of a second primary malignancy. Here, we report a rare coincidence of an asymptomatically synchronous esophageal cancer incidentally detected by F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in a 65-year-old prostate cancer patient. The treatment strategy was accordingly changed to esophagectomy with colon interposition and jejunostomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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Authors
Jainn-Shiun Chiu, Guang-Uei Hung, Tai-Yi Chen,