In a Q&A, Dr. Nataliya Uboha discussed how difficulty swallowing may signal esophageal cancer, treatment options and ongoing ...

The American Cancer Society says that esophageal cancer is the seventh leading cancer killer among men in this country. April ...

The esophageal cancer group at the NCI-designated Dan L Duncan Comprehensive ... The most common types of esophageal cancer are squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. The American Cancer ...

The following is a summary of "Novel devices and biomarkers in screening for esophageal squamous cell cancer," published in ...

Metaplastic columnar epithelium associated with intestinal metaplasia predisposes to adenocarcinoma. The incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus ... and early cancer. Patients with high ...

Overexpression of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) has been observed in several types of cancer, including gastric, esophageal and colorectal cancers. Several FAK inhibitors have advanced to clinical ...

In the surveillance group, the average interval ... diagnosis of esophageal cancer, or cancer stage at diagnosis, researchers reported in Gastroenterology. Overall in the study, the risk of developing ...

Barrett's esophagus is not fatal, but left untreated, this condition and chronic GERD can further affect cells, leading to esophageal adenocarcinoma. Though it only represents 1% of all cancer ...