Cancer of the esophagus is an aggressive cancer that may be associated with difficulty eating, swallowing, and pain. It requires a coordinated treatment plan that includes surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. It is very important that the proper lymph node surgery be combined with the surgery, and that proper timing of the radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery be done by doctors that frequently treat esophageal cancer.

Names of those who treat esophageal cancer:

Dr. Kelly McMasters Clinics and times USA office, 601 South Floyd, Suite 700 -- Friday mornings James G. Brown Cancer Center -- Tuesday mornings Clinic Contact: Pam Boone 583-8303
Dr. Robert Martin Clinics and times USA office, 601 South Floyd, Suite 700 -- Monday mornings James G. Brown Cancer Center -- 1st and 3rd Monday afternoons Norton Medical Plaza, Old Brownsboro Crossing -- 2nd and 4th Monday afternoons Clinic Contact: Traci Hayat 583-8303
Dr. Charles Scoggins Clinics and times USA office, 601 South Floyd, Suite 700 -- Thursday mornings James G. Brown Cancer Center -- 2nd and 4th Monday afternoons Norton Medical Plaza, Old Brownsboro Crossing -- 1st and 3rd Monday afternoons Clinic Contact: Anna Barnes 583-8303

• Esophagogastrectomy (removal of the end of the esophagus and the first part of the stomach)
• Extended lymph node dissection
• Preoperative (before surgery) chemotherapy and radiation
• Laparoscopic Esophageal and Gastric Resections Endoscopic Management of Barrett's Esophagus Endoscopic Management of Benign and Malignant Strictures

• Outcomes in surgical oncology
• Cell-saver autotransfusion in surgical oncology
• Biobanking of tumor tissue for molecular research