Q: My good friend was diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus and “high grade dysplasia.” To his horror, the specialist is advising surgery to remove his esophagus — even though he doesn’t even have cancer ...
NEW YORK -- Each year, about 18,000 people die from esophageal cancer, including singer Eddie Money. In Monday night's episode of ABC's "The Good Doctor," a patient underwent a unique procedure to ...
Researchers suggest endoscopic mucosal resection may be an effective and safe method of completely removing Barrett’s esophagus but may also be associated with a high complication rate, according to a ...
Accurate neoplasia detection in patients with Barrett esophagus (BE) involves high-quality endoscopy, adequate biopsy ...
Patients who underwent minimally invasive treatment tended to have better quality-of-life outcomes than those who had a full esophagus removal, though there were risk factors for long-term outcomes ...
At the Monaldi Hospital of the Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, the team of the UOC of general surgery led by Professor Diego ...
The esophagus is the organ in the throat that moves food from the mouth to the stomach. Esophageal cancers make up approximately 1% of cancer diagnoses in the U.S., making them rare. Because many ...
Cryotherapy isn’t a curative treatment for stage 4 esophageal cancer. Instead, it’s used to relieve one of the major symptoms of this stage: difficulty swallowing. Esophageal cancer in stage 4 can be ...