Rated the sixth most common type of cancer affecting patients,
esophageal cancer is responsible for numerus deaths worldwide.
In conclusion, prenatal ultrasound combined with magnetic resonance imaging can diagnose type I
esophageal atresia and transposition of the great arteries and positively support the prenatal consultation.
Several retrospective studies have shownthat SAAG and serum albumin as probable noninvasive biochemical markers of
esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients and SAAG has been concluded an indirect biochemical marker in detecting the occurrence and grades of
esophageal varices as a n endoscopic parameter of portal hypertension.
Post-radiotherapy complications as chest pain were seen in 10 (23.2%) patients,
esophageal strictures were developed in 7 (16.3%) patients, ulcerations were in 4 (9.3%) patients, and
esophageal fistula was developed in 1 (2.3%) patient [Table 3].
Weihrauch and Korting4 studied
esophageal function by radiography and manometry in 51 patients of SSc, 14 patients with morphea, 12 patients with Raynaud's disease and 21 normal control subjects.
Chao Ying-kai , Director of Thoracic Surgey at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital told SET News that according the statistics, the two earliest forms of cancer that appear in Taiwan are head and neck cancer and
esophageal cancer.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the severity of skin involvement with the severity of
esophageal dysfunction, measured objectively by modified Rodnan skin score (MRSS) and
esophageal manometry, respectively.
The newly published research is the first time scientists have been able to grow human
esophageal tissue entirely from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), which can form any tissue type in the body, according to the authors.
PDT is a Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for
esophageal cancer.
While a link between zinc deficiency and
esophageal cancer had already been noted in previous studies, the mechanism underlying the mineral's apparent anticancer effects was previously unknown.
According to the American Cancer Society, about 17,000 new cases of
esophageal cancer are expected to be diagnosed this year.
(OTCQB:BSTG), a biotechnology company developing bioengineered organ implants to treat conditions of the esophagus, bronchus and trachea, announced the publication of pig study results for its Cellspan
esophageal implants.