Published in Cancer Weekly, April 15th, 2008
"We present here the first case of a carcinosarcoma of the esophagus that had a basaloid squamous cell carcinoma component in addition to the osteosarcoma and without a transitional zone. A 57-year-old man was diagnosed with a polypoid tumor in middle third of the esophagus causing dysphagia. Local recurrence and solitary pulmonary metastasis occurred 16 and 30 months after initial excision of the tumor, respectively," wrote J.J. Hung and colleagues,...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-15)
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