esophageal

In the United States and other western countries, a form of esophageal and stomach cancer has risen dramatically over the last five decades. Rates of esophageal adenocarcinoma, or EAC, and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, or GCA, are both…

Among all diseases, cancer is one of the most feared. Depending on whatever bodily part they attack, there are more than 200 different forms of cancer.Males than females are more likely to develop esophageal cancer. Here are a few red flags…

Tumor erosion can lead to the communication between esophagus and respiratory tract (trachea-esopageal fistula) which may result in persistent coughing or recurrent pneumonias.Dr. Jain says, “It is important to seek medical attention if…

Research led by Case Western Reserve University has identified a promising path to developing therapies to treat esophageal tumors -- a form of cancer that not only is among the most deadly, but also has been occurring at increasing rates…

Of the roughly 20,000 people in the U.S. diagnosed with esophageal cancer this year, just 4,000 are likely to still be alive in 2027. Such dire data has long driven researchers to try to understand the roots of the disease, but they have…

Rates of esophageal cancer among middle aged Americans have rocketed in what one expert calls an 'alarming' finding.An abstract published last month for the Digestive Disease Week 2022 conference in Bethesda, Maryland, shows that rates of…

More and more mutations clutter up our DNA as we age. Mostly, these don't cause problems. But sometimes, a switch will flip, and a mutated cell turns cancerous. Can we see this shift in time to prevent or treat cancer before it starts? Led…

In a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University defined 11 subsets of cells found in the esophagus of mice, information that could potentially help…

Abnormal cells that go on develop into oesophageal cancer - cancer that affects the tube connecting the mouth and stomach - start life as cells of the stomach, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge. The study, published…