Esophageal cancer is relatively rare, making up only 1% of all cancer diagnoses in the US. However, it is also one of the most deadly cancers — with a five-year survival rate of only 20% ...

Among those ages 45 to 64, the esophageal cancer rate nearly doubled from 2012 to 2019, according to estimates from the American Cancer Society.

One-third of patients with benign esophageal stricture (BES) were able to achieve a normal diet with bougie dilation alone, according to a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of ...

An esophageal stricture is exactly what it sounds like: a narrowing of the esophagus that makes it hard for food and liquids to pass through, not too different from Esophagitis, but essentially ...

The esophageal sphincters are bands of muscles at the top and bottom of the esophagus. Learn more about its function, common conditions associated with it, and treatment options here.

An esophageal stricture, a narrowing of the esophagus, may occur following damage to the esophageal lining, which may be caused by chronic vomiting, reaction to oral medications, after anesthetic ...

Case 1 (M.G.H. 22714). A 25-year-old woman with a lye stricture of the esophagus was admitted to the hospital on November 2, 1955, for the 71st time. At the age of 4 she had accidentally swallowed ...