Hello. I am Dr. Gastro, a gastroenterology specialist.“I was told I have esophageal cancer. Is surgery really my only option?

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

A Dutch longitudinal study of nearly 1,900 patients identified three stable gastrointestinal symptom severity profiles during ...

People battling advanced esophageal cancers should get doses of chemotherapy both before and after tumor-removing surgeries, a new study suggests. "There is considerable disagreement as to whether ...

Patients at Fred Hutch Cancer Center receive esophageal cancer surgery from top surgeons at UW Medicine's Thoracic Surgery Clinic and Center for Esophageal & Gastric Surgery, among only a few sites in ...

Researchers suggest endoscopic mucosal resection may be an effective and safe method of completely removing Barrett’s esophagus but may also be associated with a high complication rate, according to a ...

Dr. Raja Flores, a leading thoracic surgeon with the Mount Sinai Health System, explains why routine screening for esophageal cancer is not recommended for average-risk people, though higher-risk ...

They're cancers that form in the cells lining your stomach or your esophagus, the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach. They can behave differently depending on where they start. But ...

The cancer typically begins in the inner layer of the esophagus wall and grows outward, but it can start anywhere. Esophageal cancer is a rare cancer, accounting for just 1 percent of cancer cases in ...