simultaneous esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma: a case report
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esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is a rather common cancer in northern iran. incidence of adenocarcinoma of esophagus has an increasing trend in iran. co-existence of both cancers in one patient is very rare. we report a middle age woman from northern iran with a typical presentation of esophageal cancer, who was found to have a dual esophageal cancer. the disease was found in the advanced stage with pulmonary metastasis at the presentation. palliative chemo-radiotherapy induced partial clinical response.
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middle east journal of digestive diseasesجلد ۷، شماره ۴، صفحات ۲۵۸-۰
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