Welcome to the Medscape InDiscussion esophageal cancer podcast series ... Our staging involves a PET, plus/minus laparoscopy, and a high-resolution CT. In someone who presents with swallowing ...

Since we are in this world such a short time, the best thing any of us can achieve is to leave a beneficial legacy of some form. The nature of what you leave is far more important than your name, ...

Lung nodules might surprise you because lung nodules generally do not cause symptoms, and most are not cancerous ...

Being diagnosed with cancer is one of the scariest things imaginable. But even scarier is the prospect of feeling fine, and then — all of a sudden and seemingly out of the blue — learning that you ...

In September 2024, Leeth had an endoscopy done and doctors found esophageal cancer. Leeth and his wife spent nine nights in the hospital. Leeth had a PET scan done on September 25th and results were ...

Additionally, the altered esophageal environment caused by food stasis can result in changes to the microbiota, further contributing to carcinogenesis. Furthermore, the risk of esophageal cancer ...

Perioperative chemotherapy as well as neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy followed by surgery (trimodality therapy) are associated with improved overall survival in patients with locally advanced ...

More adults are being diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancers at younger ages. A new procedure could provide less expensive ...

a condition associated with deadly esophageal cancer, to find effective strategies to identify patients with this condition. New research is exploring low-cost, non-invasive ways to diagnose ...