What's the best treatment to get rid of esophageal cancer?

Surgery: Surgery for early esophageal cancer can be curative...Modern surgical oncologists have better results in terms of less complications and some patients may need additional radiation or chemothearpy. For advanced cancers the treatment is chemotherapy +/- radiation.

Depend on the stage: The treatment for esophageal cancer will depend on many factors. The most improtant ones are the stage of the disease and performance status of the patient / and other comorbidities. There are 3 treatment modalities to treat cancer- surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Whether the patient needs to get surgery or combination chemo and radiation and followed by surgery -depend on the above factor.

Depends on the stage: For stage i through iia, the standard of care for the medically fit patient is surgery or esophagectomy. For stage iia to iii, first chemotherapy +/- radiation followed by surgery. For stage iv, chemotherapy +/- radiation. There are many different surgical approaches. For more info try fightec.Org and cancer.Gov.

Stage: Complete staging and comprehensive approach are critical. Stages i through iia, in appropriate surgical candidates, surgery (esophagectomy) is first line. For stage iia to iii, first chemotherapy +/- radiation followed by surgery. For stage iv, chemotherapy +/- radiation. In appropriate candidates, surgery +/- additional treatments demonstrates the best longterm survival.