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Cancer of the esophagus is it a slow or fast grower?

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Dr. David Kornguthanswered

22 years experience

It depends: Many esophageal tumors grow quickly. It depends on how early it was caught and the biology of the cancer.

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Dr. Chaim Colenanswered

Neurosurgery 21 years experience

Depends: The exact type of malignancy in your esophagus helps to project the rate of growth.

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