This type of cancer affects the cells lining the esophagus and causes them to replicate uncontrollably. For people who drank fewer than three cups of tea per day or who drank any amount of cooler ...

Rebutting conventional wisdom, a large Swedish study finds that most people with chronic acid reflux, or GERD, do not have a higher risk for developing cancer of the esophagus. "Previous studies ...

Richards was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in March of this year, only six months before her death, a testament to the deadliness of the disease. This year more than 14,000 people in the United ...

Gen X, confirmed to PEOPLE that she has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer that has spread to her lymph nodes and ovaries. She announced the news on social media on Sunday evening. "Today I was ...

The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. And the other wager is, the part of the wager, it’s a ...

Smith did what many people do not do and it saved his life. He decided to see a specialist to get down to the bottom of his symptoms and when he did, he found out he had esophageal cancer.

Esophageal cancer rates for people younger than age 50 have increased 3 percent every year from 1975 to 2015. In this age group, it's also caught in more advanced stages. Only about 23 percent of ...

People with chronic heartburn may have gastroesophageal reflux disease. This can develop into a condition called Barrett’s esophagus, which increases the risk of esophageal cancer. Barrett’s esophagus ...

In September 2021, Bobby was diagnosed with late-stage esophageal cancer, a cancer of the tube ... in the U.S., affecting 18-28 percent of people, but is more common in men. Men are also more ...