[Associated cancers of the esophagus and the lung]

The combination of cancers of the esophagus and of the ENT region has been extensively studied. Strangely enough, only a few cases of associated cancers of the esophagus and of the lung are reported in the literature. The authors report about 38 cases, including 21 with synchronous tumors and 17 with metachronous tumors. The bronchial cancer has always been discovered on systematic search during pre- or postoperative checkups in patients with cancers of the esophagus. Conversely, this search does not seem to have been made in patients with lung cancer: the cancer of the esophagus was always revealed by dysphagia. Double exeresis was performed in 19 patients (50%). There was no postoperative death. The duration and quality of survival were markedly better than in non-operated patients.