A Case of Multiple Primary Cancer Combined with Stomach Cancer and Esophageal Cancer

Park, Sa-Yong; Lee, Na-Young; Lee, Hyo-Jin; Lee, Sun-Young; Choi, Jin-Hyuk; Lee, Soon-Nam; Shim, Kang Sup; Sung, Sun-Hee; Han, Woon-Sup

doi:10.12771/emj.1996.19.3.295

Ewha Med J 1996; 19(3):295-301

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1996.19.3.295

Case Report

A Case of Multiple Primary Cancer Combined with Stomach Cancer and Esophageal Cancer

Sa-Yong Park, Na-Young Lee, Hyo-Jin Lee, Sun-Young Lee, Jin-Hyuk Choi, Soon-Nam Lee, Kang Sup Shim*, Sun-Hee Sung**, Woon-Sup Han**

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Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

^*Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

^**Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

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Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

Multiple primary cancer means that more that two cancers occur independently in an individual. Recently, the incidence of multiple primary cancer has increased with lengthened survival, of cancer patients, development of new diagnostic technique and increased clinical evaluation. We report a patient who had adenocarcinoma of stomach combined with squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus simultaneously.

Keywords: Multiple primary cancer; Stomach cancer; Esophageal cancer