FINDING OUT

My partner has just had a camera down her throat as she was having trouble with eating as food seemed to block and she would have to bring it back up to relieve the pain.

The outcome is that they have found a mass in her oesophagus , we have now had a ct scan  whilst waiting for results could someone tell me is this cancer or could this just be a tumor .

the ct scan shows no other signs of problems within the whoile body 

 

please reply. 

  • Hello. I was diagnosed on Wednesday with esophageal cancer. This started with swallowing difficulties and nothing else. They told me after a failed endoscopy that there was a chance it could be cancerous but biopsies would tell them that. Following endoscopy I had CT straight away, the following Tuesday I had a PET/CT then I had an MRI. I didn't get results until after all tests as they wanted to make sure. It's rare in someone my age and this kind of cancer is more common in men. 

    I would say it is 50/50 but there are a lot of other causes of blockages. I would say wait for the results. I know it's hard trust me but the doctors know what they are doing. I wish you luck and I will be thinking of you. I hope this helps a little.