All Articles Tagged As: esophageal cancer
There are over 650,000 cases of oral cancer each year, and esophageal cancer represents the sixth most common cause of cancer death in men. Research has shown that a protein that helps cells stick together is frequently absent or out of place in these cancers, but it's unclear if its loss causes the tumors. The investigators report that mice engineered to lack this protein, called p120-catenin, in the oral-upper digestive tract develop squamous cell cancers.
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Barrett's esophagus is the leading cause of esophageal cancer and affects an estimated two million Americans. New guidelines support use of radiofrequency ablation to remove precancerous cells.
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 | A tiny light source and sensors at the end of an endoscope may provide a more accurate way to identify pre-cancerous cells in the lining of the esophagus. ...> Full Article |
Nonsurgical therapy for underdiagnosed, rare and deadly disease
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Kaiser Permanente study is first & largest to examine connection between alcohol & Barrett's esophagus
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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.
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Rhode Island Hospital researchers identify ways to determine the level of
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Some bacteria may help protect against the development of a type of esophageal cancer, known as adenocarcinoma
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Better Understanding of Early-Stage Cancer Crucial to Finding New Therapies
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Elevated plasma DNA levels occur prior to clinical evidence of recurrence in majority of patients
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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
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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
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As Obesity and Carb-intake Rates Have Increased, So Has Specific Cancer
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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.
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