Esophageal Cancer

Esophageal cancer is cancer that occurs in the esophagus — a long, hollow tube that runs from your throat to your stomach. Your esophagus helps move the food you swallow from the back of your throat to your stomach to be digested. Esophageal cancer usually begins in the cells that line the inside of the esophagus. The most common place for oesophageal cancer to spread to is the liver. It can also spread to the lungs or lymph nodes. Esophageal cancer occurs when cancerous cells in the tissue of the esophagus begin to multiply, eventually resulting in a tumor. Esophageal cancer is aggressive, but many people do not notice any symptoms until the cancer has spread.