Spotting esophageal cancer is something you can do by knowing its common symptoms, primarily dysphagia (persistent swallowing difficulty). Just as crucial is to understand that not all people ...

Minimally invasive screening methods offer a more accessible, cost-effective way to detect Barrett’s esophagus early and help prevent esophageal cancer. Before the introduction of minimally invasive ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — A person dies every 36 minutes from esophageal cancer, according to the esophageal cancer awareness network, and one Lowcountry woman is working to bring awareness to the ...

A new, non-invasive test called ESOGuard is giving patients a better chance at surviving one of the deadliest cancers in the country. More than 22,0000 Americans are expected to be diagnosed with ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Kenneth Chang is the James & Pamela Muzzy executive medical director endowed chair in GI Cancer at the Hoag Digestive Health Institute. Dr. Chang was previously at the University of ...

Proton therapy patient Keith Abbott recently sent a note to the care team at Fred Hutch – Proton Therapy. “In 2015 [10 years ago], I was diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer,” he wrote. “After ...

The study, published in Nature Communications, used family studies and genetically engineered mice to understand how gene defects contribute to disease.