Bart Frazzitta was told he had a 5% chance of surviving esophageal cancer. Twenty-five years later, he's still here and ...

Patients who traveled to high-volume centers for esophagectomy experienced better outcomes than those who sought treatment ...

Surgery was performed 4 to 8 weeks after the ... tumors and for esophagogastric junction tumors extending into the esophagus. For esophagogastric junction tumors, a thoracoabdominal technique ...

A review of guidelines, expert consensus statements, and original studies identified self-management strategies for GERS after gastroesophageal cancer surgery.

Researchers sought to determine postoperative outcomes of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy, LMIE, hybrid, and open surgical procedures for esophageal cancer.

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

For patients with resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma, perioperative chemotherapy with FLOT leads to improved survival compared with preoperative chemoradiotherapy.

The following is a summary of “Perioperative Chemotherapy or Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Cancer,” published ...

A characteristic so-called bird's beak is usually seen in patients with achalasia. A dilated, sigmoid esophagus may be present in patients with long-standing achalasia. A corkscrew esophagus is ...

For patients with resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma, perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin ...

Baseline characteristics were generally well balanced between the arms. In the perioperative chemotherapy arm, patients received fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel (FLOT). In the ...