Esophageal cancer, like other tumors in the whole body, has the tendency to recur. It is very important for patients to prevent and detect the recurrence of esophageal cancer at an early stage, which is also an important measure to improve the long-term survival rate. Specific measures are as follows: (1) Avoiding some triggering factors of esophageal cancer, as described above. (2) Change the bad eating habits. The main measures are not to smoke, not to drink alcohol, not to eat rotten, moldy and spoiled food, and not to eat food that is too hot. (3) Improve the nutritional status, strengthen physical exercise, and improve the body’s ability to resist disease. (4) Eat and live regularly, and maintain an optimistic mood and attitude. (5) Do what you can, and do what you can to help your body exercise and feel better. (6) Complete the chemotherapy and radiotherapy plan according to the doctor’s instructions. (7) Regularly visit the outpatient clinic for review, if necessary, for enlargement of lymph nodes in the neck, barium esophageal X-ray, and fiberoptic esophagoscopy if necessary. (8) Once there is recurrence of anastomotic esophageal cancer, laser treatment can be used in the early stage, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy can also be combined. (9) If there is enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, radiotherapy is usually used, preferably combined with chemotherapy. (10) If there is skeletal pain in a certain part of the body, such as back pain and chest pain, promptly seek medical examination to prevent bone metastasis. Once the diagnosis is clear, radiotherapy should be used promptly.