Esophageal Cancer

There had recently been much evolution in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Among changes has been greater recognision of Xeloda and of Oxapliplatin as effective drugs. The REAL trial enrolled 1,002 patients with locally advanced (inoperable) or metastatic[...]

Cancer survivors and longtime Pan-Mass Challenge participants Larry Sullivan, left, and his brother, Tom, will participate in the race again this year in memory of their father, who died of esophageal cancer. (T&G Staff/JIM...

Reduce Your Risk Consider this number: 10 million. That's how many cases of cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year. Now consider this number: 15 million. That's how many cases of cancer the World Health Organization estimates will be diagnosed in the[...]

0 posts New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows elevated plasma DNA is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer. The study also sugges...

Christine L. Lau, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, discusses the statistics of esophageal cancer. For more information[...]

New treatment uses liquid nitrogen to prevent esophageal cancer caused by acid reflux disease.

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(US) The Straight Dope Back in 2006, in custody on drug charges, he had surgery for esophageal cancer and had to send his defense attorney to court to argue for the follow-up treatment he thought he deserved. ... (Tue Jul 01 06:19:48 2008 PDT)($drug_related(100%),[...]

A family history of any sort of malignancy increases a woman's risk for developing breast cancer, especially if she has first-degree relatives with leukemia, esophageal, lung, or breast cancer, a study has found. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)