All Articles Tagged As: esophageal cancer

Biodegradable gel being studied as a treatment for esophageal cancer (4/21/2009)

Nonsurgical therapy for underdiagnosed, rare and deadly disease ...> Full Article

Drinking wine lowers risk of Barrett's esophagus, precursor to nation's fastest growing cancer (3/6/2009)

Kaiser Permanente study is first & largest to examine connection between alcohol & Barrett's esophagus ...> Full Article

3 esophageal, stomach cancer subtypes linked to smoking - 1 associated with alcohol use (11/21/2008)

Researchers who have been following the health of more than 120,000 residents of the Netherlands for more than two decades have found that smoking is associated with two forms of esophageal cancer as well as a form of stomach cancer, and that drinking alcohol is strongly linked to one form of esophageal cancer. ...> Full Article

New research finds markers for esophageal cancer before it develops (11/4/2008)

Rhode Island Hospital researchers identify ways to determine the level of ...> Full Article

H. Pylori bacteria may help prevent some esophageal cancers (10/7/2008)

Some bacteria may help protect against the development of a type of esophageal cancer, known as adenocarcinoma ...> Full Article

Researchers Identify Natural Tumor Suppressor (9/12/2008)

Better Understanding of Early-Stage Cancer Crucial to Finding New Therapies ...> Full Article

Plasma DNA level is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer, study finds (7/27/2008)

Elevated plasma DNA levels occur prior to clinical evidence of recurrence in majority of patients ...> Full Article

Tooth Loss Strongly Linked to Risk of Esophageal, Head and Neck, and Lung Cancer (5/18/2008)

Studying thousands of patients, Japanese researchers have found a strong link between tooth loss and increased risk of three cancers - esophageal, head and neck, and lung ...> Full Article

Is increased Slug expression associated with the progression to esophageal cancer? (3/16/2008)

Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), semi-quantitative immunohistochemistry and tissue array reveal that the progression to adenocarcinoma is associated with increased Slug expression and this may represent a mechanism of E-cadherin silencing ...> Full Article

Study Details Link Between Obesity, Carbs and Esophageal Cancer (2/28/2008)

As Obesity and Carb-intake Rates Have Increased, So Has Specific Cancer ...> Full Article

Black Raspberries May Prevent Esophageal Cancer (2/8/2008)

Eating black raspberries may protect against esophageal cancer among people at high-risk for developing the deadly disease, according to a new study at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. ...> Full Article