Race, age, and sex were predictors of survival in patients with SCC of the upper esophagus, highlighting the need to address disparities in esophageal SCC management.

By activating a signaling protein called YAP (yes-associated protein, a transcription factor normally involved in stem cell maintenance and growth promotion) in combination with HPV oncogenes (genes ...

Transarterial infusion chemotherapy and embolization (TAICE) as a pre-operative therapy for patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC): A prospective, single-arm, pilot study.

To investigate this, the team conducted a series of experiments using ESCC cell lines and clinical samples. They first confirmed the elevated levels of HNRNPC in ESCC tissues compared to normal ...

This cohort included 78 people with a normal esophagus, 77 with BE ... Then, a clinician pulls gently on the string to retrieve the sponge, which collects cells from the esophagus on the way back up.

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and at least a few that may be good for you ...

Heartburn and acid reflux are common during chemotherapy ("chemo"), caused by cancer drugs subsequently attacking cells of the stomach and esophagus (feeding tube). Symptoms can flare immediately ...

1–4 The present case represents a notable exception in that an aneurysm of the ascending aorta resulted from a nonspecific giant-cell aortitis. A.L. (M.G.H. 1283255), a 30-year-old Negro mother ...