SYNCHRONOUS TRIPLE CANCERS OF ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH AND COLON

-REPORT OF A CASE-

Abstract

The patient was 63 year-old male who had triple cancers of the esophagus, stomach and colon simultaneously. The histological diagnosis of the esophageal tumor was squamous cell carcinoma, and those of stomach and colon were adenocarcinoma. Accord ing to the definition of Warren and Gates, we considered this case as the synchronous triple cancers. Surgical resection was performed and three cancers were resectable at one time. Unfortunately, the patient died at the 60th day after the operation. We reviewed 7 cases of the triple cancers with esophageal cancer, gastric cancer and colon cancer reported in Japanese literatures (including our case). The number of patients with multiple primary cancers is increasing. The present case suggested that we should carefully follow up the patients with malignant tumors, considering the possibility of the multiple cancers.