Esophageal atresia is a rare, congenital (present at birth) disorder of the digestive system in which the esophagus, the tube that normally carries food from the mouth to the stomach, does not connect ...

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While contemplating treatment options for stage 2 prostate cancer, the veteran actor chose cryotherapy treatment because he hoped to experience fewer treatment side effects. Cryotherapy, which freezes ...

A poster presented at the 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium showed that esophageal cancer patients who had palliative care consultations experienced improved quality of life (QOL) and ...

Cryosurgery is a localized treatment that uses extreme cold from liquid nitrogen or argon gas to treat abnormal tissue, including cancer cells. It can be used externally on skin, such as skin tags or ...

Merck (MRK.N), opens new tab and Japan-based Eisai (4523.T), opens new tab said on Friday a combination of their therapies failed to extend the lives of patients with a type of esophageal cancer ...

The 5-year overall survival rate was 50.6% in the perioperative chemotherapy arm and 38.7% in the preoperative chemoradiotherapy arm. Perioperative chemotherapy improved outcomes when compared to ...

cancer, and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), according to 5-year follow-up data from the phase 3 CheckMate 649 trial (NCT02872116). 1 The updated results shared during the 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal ...

It was an abrupt turnaround. Six days earlier, Ms. Hudlow and her husband, who had late-stage esophageal cancer, had arrived on the tropical island full of hope that a novel blood-filtering ...

TBC1D30 also has been shown to be highly methylated in colorectal cancer. NELL1 has been shown to be a diagnostic marker of both Barrett's esophagus and colorectal cancer, and hypermethylation of ...

The report also concluded that alcohol use is tied to a greater risk for death from colorectal, female breast, liver, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and esophagus cancer, with the risk for these ...