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The esophagus, which is not normally exposed to acid, adapts to acid reflux by becoming more like the stomach or the intestine.

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Cancer of the esophagus — the muscular tube that moves food from the mouth into the stomach — has just a 20% five-year survival rate. Yet there are no standard or routine screening tests for ...

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Esophageal cancer is staged from 0 to 4. Lower stages indicate small, localized cancer. Higher stages indicate cancer has spread and may be harder to treat.

Esophageal cancer occurs when cancer cells develop in the esophagus which is a tube-like structure that runs from the throat to the stomach. The food we eat goes from the mouth to the stomach ...

Esophageal cancer grows rapidly, and the speed at which the cancer spreads is another critical factor. Grade 3 cancer cells (the ones that look very different from normal cells) tend to spread faster.

This is why only about 20% of Americans with esophageal cancer are still alive five years after their diagnosis. To improve on that figure, doctors say they don’t necessarily need better medicines.