For patients with Barrett esophagus, anti-reflux surgery may not reduce but rather increase the risk of esophageal cancer compared with anti-reflux medication, a new study suggests. Researchers ...

An esophageal cancer survivor noted that recovering from surgery to treat the disease was “grueling,” but he said he was eventually able to return to some normalcy with his ability to eat his favorite ...

There is no difference in recovery, complication or cost between the two most common surgical approaches for esophageal cancer. Researchers have found “there is no evidence” that either open surgery ...

CHICAGO: Delays in surgery for esophageal cancer did not appear to have much impact on patients’ relative survival for early-stage cancer compared with patients who had surgery early, but they did ...

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 ...

In the largest Nordic study to date concerning esophageal cancer surgery, the researchers found clear evidence that decompression with a nasogastric tube is associated with less serious complications.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was an overall increased risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma among those in the surgery vs. medication ...