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Boston Scientific has announced that its WallFlex® Fully Covered Esophageal Stent received 510(k) clearance from the FDA as well as EU's CE Mark of approval. The stent is designed for esophageal strictures caused by cancer of the esophagus. The use of stents can re-open a blocked esophagus, allowing patients to consume solids and liquids once again. More from the press release: The WallFlex Fully and Partially Covered Stents employ a...
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Protracted low-dose concurrent chemotherapy combined with radiation has been proposed for enhanced treatment results for esophageal cancer. We evaluated the efficacy and the toxicity of a novel regimen of daily low-dose nedaplatin (cis-diammine-glycolatoplatinum) and continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) with radiation in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
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Between January 2003 and June 2008, 33...
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From biomedcentral.com
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(HealthNewsDigest.com) - DALLAS - Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found in an animal study.
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- Effects of esomeprazole treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease on... (biomedcentral.com)
Thomas Vaughan, M.D., head of the Epidemiology Program in the Public Health Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has received a three-year, $7.9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study genetic susceptibility for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma, a rapidly fatal cancer whose incidence has increased more than 500 percent in the past 30 years, faster than any other cancer in the United...
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The incidence of oral and pharyngeal (including oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx) carcinoma increases rapidly in Asia and South Pacific because of betel quid chewing. Thus far, large-scale epidemiological studies are not available yet to stratify these patients by their risks of developing a second primary cancer in the digestive tract including esophagus, stomach, colon, and rectum.
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A population-based study was...
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