Abboud B, Bou Jaoude J, Chahine G, Noun R, Khouri K, Farah P
Service de Chirurgie Générale, Hôtel Dieu de France, Beyrouth, Liban.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1997;21(12):987-9.
Esophageal cancer induced by radiation is uncommon. Irradiation of the head, the neck, the chest and the abdomen may cause an esophageal cancer several years later. Therefore, regular gastroscopy and biopsy of esophageal mucosa are strongly recommended in symptomatic patients. Surgery combined or not with radiotherapy seems to be the most effective treatment for this kind of cancer. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus diagnosed 13 years after chemotherapy and radiotherapy for Hodgkin disease stade IIIb.
