Jefferson, Forbes and Wexford hospitals have earned the highest possible rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for their comprehensive esophagectomy program, placing it among a select ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DETROIT — Dodgers pitcher Dustin May will not return this season after undergoing esophageal surgery, the team announced Saturday. According to a statement, May was at dinner Wednesday night when he ...

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 ...