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| Date Entered at Shared Experience: 05/14/2001 |
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Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus |
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Adriamycin,Mitomycin Five Fluorouracil , |
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Surgery:Excision of large portionof esophagus,upper stomach',Spleen fortysome nodes.Attachment of piece of colon from lower stomach to upper esophagus. A 10 hr procedure. |
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Fine except for some gastro-intestinal problems which I have lived with 14 yrs after the surgery. I have lived anormal life. |
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I am anewly retired Ob-Gyn Physcian so I sought information from Thoracic surgeons and General surgeons as to what should be done since the textbooks were saying only 5% survival rate no matter what was done.I was given 50% survival rate after the surgery. |
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Iwas supposed to have radiation as well as chemo, but I refused because I was afraid I would get radiation damage to the piece of bowel that I swallow through or to the lungs. |
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