Simultaneous triple cancer of the esophagus, pancreas and rectum treated with multimodal strategies: a case report

• Published in: Surgical case reports Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 259 - 7
• Main Authors: Imamura, Hiroki, Hirose, Hajime, Endo, Shunji, Hashimoto, Yasuji, Takeda, Masashi, Kidogami, Shinya, Mokutani, Yukako, Kishimoto, Tomoya, Yoshioka, Shinichi, Tamura, Shigeyuki, Sasaki, Yo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 02.10.2020; International Academic Publishing Co Ltd; Japan Surgical Society
• Subjects: Case Report; Case reports; Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Esophageal cancer; Esophagus; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Pancreas; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Radiation therapy; Rectum; Simultaneous triple cancer; Surgery; Simultaneous triple cancer; Pancreas; Rectum; Esophagus

Background Due to the development of diagnostic imaging technology, we have increased chance of detecting multiple primary cancers. However, simultaneous triple cancer is still a very rare finding whose frequency is not yet known. Treatment of simultaneous triple cancer is a clinical challenge becau...