Leading gastrointestinal cancer surgeon discusses hypopharyngeal cancer. It is a variant of esophageal cancer. Esophageal cancer in hypopharyngeal area is usually resected by surgical team. Surgical team includes ENT and gastrointestinal cancer surgeons. Reconstruction of esophagus is very difficult. But it is most important for quality of life after surgery. Multidisciplinary team approach to treatment of esophageal cancer is key to long-term survival. It is crucial for potential cure of patients.

Hypopharyngeal cancer. esophageal cancer treatment options. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. Goal is complete resection of locally advanced esophageal cancer. Dr. Martin Schilling, MD. Locally advanced esophageal cancer should be resected with fatty tissue and lymph nodes and lymphatic tissue around esophagus. Hypopharyngeal carcinoma is a variant of esophageal cancer. Leading expert in reconstruction of esophagus in hypopharyngeal cancer treatment. Medical second opinion clarifies advanced hypopharyngeal cancer diagnosis. Dr. Martin Schilling, MD. Medical second opinion helps to decide if resection surgery is possible in advanced esophageal cancer. Best treatment for advanced hypopharyngeal cancer with metastatic lesions. Medical second opinion from leading expert helps to find the best treatment for stage 4 esophageal cancer. Get medical second opinion on advanced hypopharyngeal cancer and be confident that your treatment is the best. Best esophageal cancer treatment center for liver metastases. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. Video interview with leading surgeon in gastrointestinal cancer treatment surgery. Hypopharyngeal cancer. Esophageal cancer treatment options. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. There are several treatment methods for esophageal cancer. In particular there is a number of surgical approaches to treat esophageal carcinoma. For a given patient, how do you decide This method of surgical treatment of esophageal cancer would you use? Dr. Martin Schilling, MD. Esophageal cancer, Gastric cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Liver cancer and Colon cancer surgeon, Switzerland. Choosing the best treatment of esophageal cancer for a patient depends on the general condition of the patient. It also depends on the size of the esophageal cancer tumor. Dr. Martin Schilling, MD. The better the condition of the patient is, the more radical resection of esophageal tumor we should do. But goal of esophageal cancer surgery should always be this. We must aim for complete resection of the esophageal cancer tumor. We should also resect all surrounding fatty tissue and lymphatic tissue. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. One of the particular types of esophageal cancer is hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Hypopharyngeal esophageal carcinoma is located very high in the esophagus. Or very low in the pharynx. Hypopharynx is an anatomical area that is full of vital surrounding structures. You have a particular expertise in treating hypopharyngeal esophageal cancer. Can you please discuss your treatment of hypopharyngeal carcinoma> What approaches do you take in these patients? What kind of results have you achieved in hypopharyngeal esophageal carcinoma treatment? Dr. Martin Schilling, MD. Esophageal cancer, Gastric cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Liver cancer and Colon cancer surgeon, Switzerland. Treating hypopharyngeal esophageal cancer goes back to the reconstruction technique. We use the special type of stomach gastric tube that we developed. We perform hypopharyngeal cancer esophageal cancer surgery. We operate together with our ear nose and throat (ENT) surgical colleagues. We do these operations in very advanced hypopharyngeal esophageal cancer. We also operate or recurrent hypopharyngeal esophageal cancer. ENT surgeons usually do the resection of hypopharyngeal cancer. We do reconstruction of esophagus from gastric tube. Dr. Martin Schilling, MD. This gives patients superior long-term survival results. It is especially important for esophageal cancer patients. They do not have many other treatment options for their esophageal cancer. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. You use a multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach in treatment of esophageal cancer. You use MDT in hypopharyngeal carcinoma. MDT approach gives patients the best results. Dr. Martin Schilling, MD. Esophageal cancer, Gastric cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Liver cancer and Colon cancer surgeon, Switzerland. That is correct. Multidisciplinary team approach is the best treatment approach for all cancer treatment. You have to have multiple specialists on site. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. This gives cancer patients the perfect personalized treatment. Hypopharyngeal cancer and esophageal cancer treatment success depends on careful reconstruction. Leading cancer surgeon describes treatment in video interview. Leading Swiss gastrointestinal cancer surgeon discusses hypopharyngeal cancer variant of esophageal cancer. Esophageal cancer in hypopharyngeal area is usually resected by surgical team that includes ENT and gastrointestinal cancer surgeons. Reconstruction of esophagus is very difficult but most important for quality of life after surgery. Multidisciplinary team approach to treatment of esophageal cancer is key to long-term survival and potential cure of patients.