RT Journal A1 Srivastava R T1 DYing to talk JF JAMA JO JAMA YR 2009 FD February 25 VO 301 IS 8 SP 807 OP 808 DO 10.1001/jama.2009.207 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.207 AB A month later, he began experiencing abdominal pain and was found to have recurrent cancer. The disease had returned with a vengeance, dotted throughout his abdomen, causing his bowel loops to become matted in a dysfunctional mass. The bowel telescoped into the esophagus, making it extremely painful for him to swallow.