Oesophagectomy
In the case of patients with treatable oesophageal cancer (cancer of the oesophagus or gullet), the surgeon will remove part of the gullet in a procedure called an oesophagectomy. How much the surgeon takes away depends on where in the oesophagus the cancer is. If the cancer has spread to the stomach, the upper part of the stomach will need to be removed, as well as the affected part of the oesophagus. Rarely, patients may need to have the whole of the oesophagus taken out (total oesophagectomy).
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