title: Multiple squamous cell carcinomas of esophagus.
abstract: Multiple tumors of the esophagus are reported only rarely. We describe three patients with double carcinoma of esophagus. They developed a second squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus more than 4 1/2 years after external radiation for a primary squamous cell carcinoma at a different site in the esophagus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012. medinst@pgi.chd.nic.in
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kochhar
authors.forename: Pradeepta Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sethy
authors.forename: Narinder Mohan
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kochhar
authors.forename: Kartar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Rajinder
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Birender
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nagi
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*