Open AccessMultidisciplinary therapy for granulocyte‐colony‐stimulating factor producing carcinosarcoma of the esophagus: report of a case
Author(s) -
Kobayashi Shinichiro,
Nagata Yasuhiro,
Tokai Hirotaka,
Ito Masahiro,
Fujioka Hikaru
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.295
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , carcinosarcoma , granulocyte colony stimulating factor , general surgery , radiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , chemotherapy , carcinoma
Key Clinical Message The granulocyte‐colony‐stimulating factor (G‐ CSF )‐producing esophageal carcinosarcoma is extremely rare in esophageal cancer. In the present case, multidisciplinary therapy, which is surgical resection with preoperative chemotherapy, has been effectively treatment to granulocyte‐colony‐stimulating factor producing esophageal carcinosarcoma of the esophagus.