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Have lost 5 to 6 kg. no other symptom. esophugus cancer? diagnosed with a lntestinalal metaplasia a year ago.
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Why wait to know?: You're at risk and this seems likely especially if you're having trouble with the food going down. The weight loss itself is reason to be seen. Even if swallowing seems okay, you may have cancer elsewhere as in the lung.
Answered 2/23/2014
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