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

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 ...

The good news was a treatment plan that consisted of six weeks of intensive chemotherapy and radiation, followed by surgery that takes out two-thirds of the esophagus and one-third of the stomach ...

The study, led by the University of Bristol Medical School and published in the British Journal of Surgery, showed surgeons treating patients with esophageal cancer do not need to change their ...

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

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

Treatment of esophageal cancer requires a complex coordination of care between four different doctors: a thoracic surgeon, gastroenterologist, radiation oncologist and medical oncologist. Our doctors ...

A new study presented at the 61st annual meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) reveals that young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...

The following is a summary of “Perioperative Chemotherapy or Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Cancer,” published in the January 2025 issue of Critical Care by Hoeppner et al. Researchers ...