Oesophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with one of the worst survival rates of all cancers. Our latest research shows that the longer a person waits to see a doctor, the more likely they are to die from their cancer. ...
Jun 1, 2017
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New research from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) reveals taking aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of developing – and dying from – the major cancers of the digestive tract, i.e. bowel, stomach and oesophageal ...
Aug 5, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Men are almost three times more likely to get oesophageal cancer than women – one of the biggest gender gaps in cancer rates – according to figures released from Cancer Research UK.
Jun 18, 2013
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When I lost a relative to cancer in the late 1970s, people usually viewed a cancer diagnosis with horror. At the time, many treatments were both brutal and unsuccessful. Only 24% of patients survived ten years after treatment. ...
Jan 6, 2020
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(Medical Xpress) -- Cancer Research UK has launched a large multi-centre trial to test a new device for detecting Barrett’s oesophagus – a condition that puts sufferers at increased risk of developing cancer of ...
Oct 14, 2011
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Genetically analysing lesions in the food pipe could provide an early and accurate test for oesophageal cancer, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam and ...
Aug 19, 2016
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A man from Cambridge is the first to join the surveillance part of a clinical trial that could see routine screening for esophageal cancer introduced into the NHS, potentially halving deaths from this cancer every year.
Jan 10, 2024
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'Prehab' exercise may boost the impact of chemotherapy given to patients with cancer of the food pipe (oesophagus) to shrink their tumour (s) before surgery, reveals the first study of its kind, published online in the British ...
Feb 1, 2022
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Patients with the most common type of oesophageal cancer are less likely to respond to chemotherapy when their tumours are high in a protein called leptin, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer.
Feb 26, 2014
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Citizens across the EU are consuming an average of 2 alcoholic drinks per day, placing drinkers at a 21% increased risk of developing colorectal cancer, in addition to other digestive cancers, a report finds.
Jul 4, 2017
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