In patients with inoperable locally advanced esophageal cancer who received definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy, a higher radiation dose (≥ 59.4 Gy) did not improve survival compared with the ...

The esophagus is the organ in the throat that moves food from the mouth to the stomach. Esophageal cancers make up approximately 1% of cancer diagnoses in the U.S., making them rare. Because many ...

Esophageal cancer is an aggressive type of cancer that’s often difficult to treat. It can potentially be cured without surgery, particularly if the cancer is caught in an early stage, but chances are ...

Development and validation of machine learning model for mortality after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The impact of nutritional status on recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with ...

There are a variety of treatments for esophageal cancer, a form of cancer that affects your esophagus, or food pipe (the organ that connects your stomach to your throat). If you’ve recently been ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Esophageal-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy did not significantly improve esophageal quality of life but ...

Targeted medications are one of several options used to stop or slow the spread of esophageal cancer. Doctors often prescribe these medications alongside other treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, ...

Phase II study of low-dose paclitaxel and cisplatin as second-line therapy in 5-fluorouracil and platinum pretreated gastric cancer No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO ...

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 ...

Stage 4 esophageal cancer means that cancer has spread from the esophagus to the surrounding organs, or other parts of the body, and the nearby lymph nodes. Treatment usually focuses on therapies ...

Metastatic esophageal cancer starts in the esophagus and then spreads or metastasizes to other distant areas of the body. Esophageal cancer is metastatic at stage 4. Metastatic tumors are the same ...