Esophageal Cancer News

New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows elevated plasma DNA is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer.

New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows elevated plasma DNA is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer.

New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows elevated plasma DNA is a reliable marker of recurrent esophageal cancer.

The estate of a former Armco Steel worker filed a wrongful death asbestos suit against the steel plant and 36 other companies, seeking damages after the worker died of esophageal cancer.

"I remember sitting there when she was talking to me about it and just watching her mouth move." That's how Stu Martinez, a volunteer fire captain and the Mayor of La Pine, took the news that he has throat ...

By RACHEL JOHNSON Staff writer Four times cancer has struck the same Aiken household, and four times the Flanagans waged war.

Giacomo Puccini died Nov. 29, 1924, in a Brussels hospital, after a possibly botched surgery for throat cancer.

In December 2006, Brad O'Neill and his wife, Diane, celebrated their first Christmas after Brad's treatments for throat and tongue cancer.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Patients benefit from a team approach at the new Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Clinic for Gastrointestinal Cancers at ...

Previously, the only treatment for Barrett's Esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition caused by acid reflux disease, was surgery.

When survivors take the first lap in the Park County Relay for Life, it's an inspiring testament to their hard-fought battle with cancer.

Fes Stevens didn't know that what he is doing is called a "bucket list" until the movie by that name appeared in theaters.

Cases of throat cancer are rising fast in the UK while falling in some European countries.

As a health reporter, I suffer from too much information. When you spend your life musing on press releases from the National Institutes of Health, each little burp has significance.

NOBLESVILLE -- Ed Lee has radiation and chemotherapy treatments nearly every day in the Cancer Center at Riverview Hospital.

A Valdosta woman is battling to keep her lights on while her daughter battles cancer.

Patricia Carlson of Mokena, Ill., can't remember ever feeling as optimistic about the future as she does today.

Here are stories available only in Sunday's print editions of The Journal Gazette: In recognition of Independence Day, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain share their visions of patriotism.

FOR five gruelling months, Carol Kanga suffered through treatment for a life-threatening case of throat cancer linked to an unlikely source: a sexually transmitted viral infection.

When Lubbock's Hope Lodge is completed, it will be a place for people such as Leonardo and Jeanette Garza of Roswell, N.M., to stay rent-free while he receives outpatient cancer treatment in Lubbock.