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Do you get a persistant cough with oesophogus cancer?
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Not necessarily: Gastroespohageal reflux can cause a persistent cough. Longstanding GERD can predispose one to esophageal cancer, however esophageal cancer itself does not usually cause persistent cough.
Answered 9/18/2014
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