Troubleshooting. The most worrisome complication during intraoperative endoscopy is perforation of the esophagus. This complication can be prevented by having the procedure done by an experienced ...

If only the esophagus and local lymph nodes are affected, surgeons usually perform a procedure called an ... surgical ...

The best multimodal approach for resectable locally advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma ... in the Chemoradiotherapy for Oesophageal Cancer Followed by Surgery Study 3) plus surgery.

Bart Frazzitta was told he had a 5% chance of surviving esophageal cancer. Twenty-five years later, he's still here and helping others.

Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and endoscopic submucosal dissection of the tumor. Patients also have access to National Cancer Institute-sponsored esophageal cancer ...

Patients who traveled to high-volume centers for esophagectomy experienced better outcomes than those who sought treatment locally at low-volume centers, according to results of a cohort ...

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Associate Professor James Donahue ... and Materials Engineering to enhance the response rates to chemotherapy in esophageal cancer. Survivin has proven to be a ...

Esophageal adenocarcinoma is the most rapidly growing cancer in America ... conducted as part of routine endoscopic procedures performed on patients with suspected dysplasia.