Surgical treatment is possible without metastasis in advanced esophageal cancer, but is not recommended when metastasis is present.
Whether surgery can be done for advanced esophageal cancer depends on whether the disease has invaded the surrounding tissues or not.
Because there are more tissues around the esophagus, it often metastasizes to the lungs and liver in the late stage. Once the esophageal cancer is found, the cancer is only localized, so surgery to remove the lesion can be curative and the effect is very good. The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the results of the surgery, which are very poor and painful for the patient, and then take radiotherapy to extend the survival rate.
During radiation therapy, the diet should be light and semi-liquid, and radiation therapy only controls the progression of the disease; survival depends on the patient’s mood and diet.