Radical esophagectomy for a 92-year-old woman with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-producing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

Mari Kitani,Yukinori Yamagata,Asami Tanabe,Kouichi Yagi,Susumu Aikou,Takashi Kiyokawa,Masato Nishida,Hiroharu Yamashita,Kazuhiko Mori,Sachiyo Nomura,Yasuyuki Seto

Radical esophagectomy for a 92-year-old woman with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-producing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

2016

Mari Kitani
Yukinori Yamagata
Asami Tanabe
Kouichi Yagi
Susumu Aikou
Takashi Kiyokawa
Masato Nishida
Hiroharu Yamashita
Kazuhiko Mori
Sachiyo Nomura
Yasuyuki Seto

Background Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-producing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has been considered to have a poor prognosis. We successfully treated a case of G-CSF-producing ESCC in a 92-year-old woman.

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Granulocyte
Esophagectomy
Carcinoma
General surgery
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Surgical oncology
Medicine
Internal medicine
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Oncology
poor prognosis

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