1. Three Cases of Esophageal Cancer Related to Fanconi Anemia
- Author
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Mia Fujisawa, Miharu Yabe, Takashi Ueda, Motoki Kaneko, Makiko Monma, Takayoshi Suzuki, Ryutaro Fujimoto, Toshimasa Yabe, Hidekazu Suzuki, Hajime Mizukami, Masaya Sano, Fumio Nakahara, Erika Teramura, and Masashi Matsushima
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Esophageal Neoplasms ,Early detection ,Case Report ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Gastroenterology ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Fanconi anemia ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,esophageal cancer ,treatment ,business.industry ,screening ,General Medicine ,Esophageal cancer ,medicine.disease ,Fanconi Anemia ,Curative surgery ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,business ,Carcinogenesis - Abstract
The risk of carcinogenesis increases after 20 years old in patients with Fanconi anemia (FA). We herein report three rare cases of FA combined with esophageal cancer in women; all patients were diagnosed with FA in early childhood. Patients 1 and 2 were diagnosed with advanced and superficial esophageal cancer, respectively, at 21 and 30 years old, respectively. Patient 3 was diagnosed with superficial esophageal cancer, underwent curative surgery at 26 years old, and survived for over 5 years without recurrence. Therefore, establishing a protocol for the early detection of esophageal cancer in FA patients over 20 years old is important.
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- 2021