The emergence of immunotherapy for esophageal cancer provided a glimmer of hope to patients and clinicians affected by the historically poor-prognosis disease. The glimmer has not only persisted but ...

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Enhanced visualization and articulated robotic instrumentation support precise dissection and reconstruction while minimizing chest and abdominal wall trauma compared with open esophagectomy. Shorter ...

End-stage achalasia is a challenging condition to deal with, due to severely impaired esophageal function. Laparoscopic Heller-Dor with pull-down technique improves the outcomes of these patients.

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Introduction: achalasia is a chronic disease. Since there is no curative treatment, diagnosed patients have pharmacological and/or surgical techniques available, aimed at minimizing the condition.

Achalasia is a disease caused by impaired movement of the esophagus. Patients experience food getting stuck and regurgitated, as well as chest pain. Currently, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and ...

A heatmap overlay highlighting regions of interest by the AI model. The bright red/yellow area is centered over the esophagus, indicating the model is detecting an abnormality in that region, likely ...

Esophageal cancer is relatively rare, making up only 1% of all cancer diagnoses in the US. However, it is also one of the most deadly cancers — with a five-year survival rate of only 20%.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with achalasia, esophageal Candida infection was independently associated with increased ...

This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.