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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(04): 618-620
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_38_20
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Management of Synchronous Locally Advanced Carcinoma Tongue and Early-Stage Carcinoma Esophagus in a Tertiary Cancer Center: A Rare Case Report

Authors

  • Aswin Nagarajan

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Arun Sakthivelu

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Selvaluxmy Ganesharajah

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Abstract

Synchronous malignancy of tongue and esophagus is difficult to diagnose and treat since both the malignancies are aggressive and have poor survival. We report an unusual case study of locally advanced carcinoma tongue (Stage IVA) with early-stage carcinoma esophagus (Stage II) in a 43-year-old male for whom both the malignancies were treated with concurrent chemoradiation in a sequential manner and the patient had a complete response of both malignancies without much treatment-related morbidity and the patient is coming for follow-up with the disease-free survival of 6 months.



Publication History

Received: 01 February 2020

Accepted: 29 May 2020

Article published online:
17 May 2021

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