My friend is having surgery for his kidney cancer on Monday.
He mentioned that the surgeons were going to work on his esophagus after the kidney. At the moment, I was too upset to ask if the two were related. My online research would indicate this is possible. Does anyone out there have information about this?
Has anyone heard of kidney cancer moving to the esophagus?
cancer spreads can travel through body
Reply:Cancer that moves from one organ to another area is called metastis....This is very possible with her. The cancer may have metasized from the kidney to the esophageous.
Reply:It is possible cancer does spread. My uncle was diagnosed with cancer of the stomach which had spread to his liver.
Reply:It is very likely that the two are related. Though I would guess that the cancer started in the esophagus and spread to the kidney. The liver and kidneys filter the blood removing waste and impurities. Metastasized cancer of the esophagus could easily be filter out of the blood and into the tissue of those organs.
Esophagus cancer is very deadly with a very low percentage of survival. It spreads very easily.
Reply:My wife has stage IV kidney cancer and it has spread thought out her body,but not her esophagus,however it is possible.
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