Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  1995 Dec;15(4):721-727.

A Case of Concurrent Esophageal and Gastric Double Primary Cancer Treated by Surgery and Chemotherapy

• Kim YS
• Shin YW
• Chung WJ
• Jeong S
• Kwon KS
• Lee JW
• Park GS
• Jang DS
• Kim SH
• Kim YJ
• Hong SB

Abstract

Double primary cancer of the stomach and esophagus has been revealed a very low incidence in the world except Japan and reported only 6 cases in Korea. Furthermore, it is difficult to manage this type of double cancer because esophageal cancer has a biologic tendency to early metastasis. This paper is concerned with a case of double primary cancer, which we have synchroniously confi~rmed esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric adenocarcinoma with gastrofiberscopic biopsy, and then treated them by radical resec tion and systemic chemotherapy.

Keyword

Concurrent esophageal and gastric double cancer; Surgery; Chemotherapy

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Drug Therapy*
Esophageal Neoplasms
Esophagus
Incidence
Japan
Korea
Neoplasm Metastasis
Stomach Neoplasms