Symptoms of mid- and late-stage esophageal cancer

The symptoms of mid- and late-stage esophageal cancer include:

(1) Dysphagia: Progressive dysphagia is the main symptom of most patients when they seek medical treatment, but it is a late manifestation of the disease.

(2) Vomiting reaction: It often occurs when dysphagia worsens. The amount of vomiting is not large and contains food and mucus, but may also contain blood and pus.

(3) Other symptoms: When the tumor compresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve, it may cause choking and hoarseness when drinking water; invasion of the phrenic nerve may cause hiccups or phrenic nerve paralysis; compression of the trachea or bronchi may cause shortness of breath and dry cough; erosion of the aorta may cause fatal bleeding; invasion of the trachea may cause esophageal tracheal fistula and repeated lung infections.