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    Esophageal cancer is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include difficulty in...
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  • with a high lifetime risk of esophageal cancer. For this reason, it is sometimes known as tylosis with oesophageal cancer (TOC). The condition is inherited...
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  • Esophageal can refer to: The esophagus Esophageal arteries Esophageal glands Esophageal cancer This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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  • variation in the rates of different gastrointestinal cancers. Esophageal cancer is the sixth-most-common cancer in the world, and its incidence is increasing...
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    cuboidal cells. In its early stages, esophageal cancer may not have any symptoms at all. When severe, esophageal cancer may eventually cause obstruction of...
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    because of its potential to further transition to esophageal adenocarcinoma, an often-deadly cancer. The main cause of Barrett's esophagus is thought...
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  • is likely to be an esophageal ring. Progressive mechanical dysphagia is most likely due to peptic stricture or esophageal cancer. Schematically the above...
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    Esophageal achalasia, often referred to simply as achalasia, is a failure of smooth muscle fibers to relax, which can cause the lower esophageal sphincter...
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    alcohol. However, it has also been associated with an increased risk of esophageal cancer in those who do drink. The reaction is informally termed Asian flush...
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    in 7–23% of patients with GERD who are untreated. Esophageal cancer Esophageal diseases Esophageal spasm Helicobacter pylori Shaker, Reza; Belafsky, Peter...
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    Esophageal diverticula Scleroderma Diffuse esophageal spasm Polymyositis Webs and rings Esophageal cancer Eosinophilic esophagitis Hiatus hernia, especially...
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    intestinal columnar epithelium) of the distal esophagus Esophageal adenocarcinoma – a form of cancer GERD sometimes causes injury of the larynx (LPR). Other...
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  • Esophageal spasm is a disorder of motility of the esophagus. There are two types of esophageal spasm: Diffuse or distal esophageal spasm (DES), where there...
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    Adenocarcinoma (category Infectious causes of cancer)
    the other common type of esophageal cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Several of the most common forms of cancer are adenocarcinomas, and the...
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    An esophageal motility study (EMS) or esophageal manometry is a test to assess motor function of the upper esophageal sphincter (UES), esophageal body...
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    Esophageal webs are thin membranes occurring anywhere along the esophagus. Its main symptoms are pain and difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia). Esophageal...
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    Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the...
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    or pneumonia; esophageal cancer can cause narrowing of the esophagus, making it difficult or painful to swallow; and colorectal cancer may lead to narrowing...
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  • Esophageal speech, also known as esophageal voice, is an airstream mechanism for speech that involves oscillation of the esophagus. This contrasts with...
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    cancer—by Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), Proton Collaborative Group (PCG), Mayo Clinic Esophageal cancer—by NRG Oncology, Abramson Cancer Center...
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    incidence of esophageal cancer. Further outbreaks of leukoencephalomalacia and people in certain regions with high incidence of esophageal cancer led to more...
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    prostatic hyperplasia. Colon and esophageal stents are palliative treatments for advanced colon and esophageal cancer. Pancreatic and biliary stents provide...
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    Brachytherapy (category Cancer treatments)
    breast, esophageal and skin cancer and can also be used to treat tumours in many other body sites. Treatment results have demonstrated that the cancer-cure...
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    also occur. Esophageal cancer, a meta-analysis concluded that bisphosphonate treatment is NOT associated with excess risk of esophageal cancer. General:...
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    Esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula Esophageal cancer Esophageal dysphagia Esophageal varices Esophageal web Esophagitis GERD Hiatus hernia Killian–Jamieson...
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  • endometrial cancer, kidney cancer, and esophageal cancer. Obesity has also been linked with the development of liver cancer. The current understanding...
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    (RCC), colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), malignant pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer. It is undergoing[when...
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    testing. To properly diagnose EoE, various diseases such as GERD, esophageal cancer, achalasia, hypereosinophilic syndrome, infection, Crohn's disease...
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  • Junko Ohashi (category Deaths from esophageal cancer in Japan)
    of more than 20 albums. After a brief hiatus due to battling esophageal and breast cancers, she returned to music in 2019. On November 9, 2023, Ohashi...
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    Helicobacter pylori (category Infectious causes of cancer)
    with H. pylori having a positive protective effect against asthma, esophageal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (including gastroesophageal reflux disease...
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