Digestive System Diseases: News and Research on Esophageal Diseases

MeSH tree: C06.405.117

Achalasia diagnosis simplified by AI plus chest X-ray

Achalasia is a disease caused by impaired movement of the esophagus. Patients experience food getting stuck and regurgitated, as well as chest pain. Currently, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and high-resolution manometry ...

Blood test to rule out esophageal cancer

Proteomics International has launched PromarkerEso at the ISDE World Congress in Brisbane (18–20 September). PromarkerEso is a world-first protein biomarker-based blood diagnostic that can rule out esophageal adenocarcinoma ...

New study aims to improve surgery options for acid reflux

A UK-wide research team, led by the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, has launched a major international study to improve surgical treatment for people suffering from gastroesophageal reflux ...

Blocking one protein could prevent food allergy disease

A new study from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University may mark a breakthrough in the treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)—a chronic inflammatory disease of the esophagus caused by ...

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