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A 63 year old woman who had been irradiated for thyroid carcinoma at 36 years of age developed a cervico-esophageal stricture, the biopsy specimens from which revealed squamous cell carcinoma. Total esophagectomy was performed and a small linear ulcer was found in the resected specimen. Histological examination revealed moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with severe fibrosis around the tumor, indicating radiation-induced cervical esophageal cancer. The characteristics of radiation-induced esophageal cancers described in the literature are reviewed in context of the present case.
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Shimizu, T., Matsui, T., Kimura, O. et al. Radiation-induced esophageal cancer: A case report and a review of the literature. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 20, 97–100 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470720
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