Can esophageal cancer be cured in its early stages?

Can esophageal cancer be cured? In recent years, the incidence of esophageal cancer has remained high, with about 200,000 people dying of esophageal cancer each year worldwide. my country is particularly high in the incidence of esophageal cancer, and the incidence rate even ranks first in the world. Once many patients have esophageal cancer, the most concerned issue is whether esophageal cancer can be cured? Experts say that as long as patients can detect esophageal cancer early, the 5-year survival rate can reach 40 to 50 percent. In addition, they must pay attention to choosing the correct treatment method.

If swallowing difficulties occur for more than one week, you should go to the thoracic surgery or gastroenterology department in time to have a barium meal, gastroscopy or spiral CT, MR examination, and if conditions permit, ultrasound endoscopy, mediastinoscopy and other related examinations can also be done to help early diagnosis.

At present, surgery is the main treatment method for patients in the early and middle stages. Traditional surgery is very traumatic and will leave scars on the chest, abdomen, and neck after surgery. In recent years, experts recommend that patients with early and middle stage esophageal cancer should use a minimally invasive method of full laparoscopy or thoracoscopic and laparoscopic combined with a small neck incision to perform "esophageal cancer resection and mediastinal lymph node dissection." Due to the small trauma, the patient recovers quickly and can be discharged from the hospital about one week after surgery.

The treatment effect of early and middle stage esophageal cancer is better, and the 5-year survival rate can reach 40 to 60 percent. The key is to choose the correct treatment method.