Esophageal Cancer Home Page
What You Need To Know About™ Cancer of the Esophagus to learn about esophageal cancer symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask the doctor. : Cancer that forms in tissues lining the esophagus (the muscular tube through which food ... [... more]
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Cancer Centers Program
Download applications (.PDF format) for competing grants / non-competing grants The Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship for Women Scientists in Cancer Research is made possible by a generous bequest to the Foundation for NIH (FNIH). This is a ... [... more]
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Esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this often-advanced cancer. Esophageal cancer is a serious form of cancer that starts in the inner layer of your esophagus, the 10-inch long tube that connects your ... [... more]
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What's New in Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment?
Research on the treatment and prevention of esophageal cancer is now being done at many medical centers, university hospitals, and other institutions across the nation. Researchers have found many of the changes in certain genes that appear to be ... [... more]
American Cancer Society |
Patients With Esophageal Cancer May Be Able to Avoid Surgery
Esophageal cancer; fluorouracil; cisplatin; radiation therapy; surgery. (Definitions of many terms related to cancer can be found in the Cancer.gov Dictionary.) In this randomized clinical trial, patients with esophageal cancer lived just as long ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
Esophageal Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
The purposes of this summary on prevention of esophageal cancer are to: Give information on esophageal cancer and how often it occurs. Esophageal Cancer Prevention Describe esophageal cancer prevention methods. Changes to This Summary (07/12/2007) [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
General Information About Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the esophagus. Smoking, heavy alcohol use, and Barrett esophagus can increase the risk of developing esophageal cancer. The most common signs of esophageal ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
Esophageal Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Esophageal Cancer Screening Risks of Esophageal Cancer Screening Changes to This Summary (08/21/2007) Prevention of Esophageal Cancer Esophageal Cancer Treatment General Information About Esophageal Cancer [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, ... [... more]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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