… As the esophagus is tethered at two ends, tension on the anastomotic site is greater than in
… the gastrointestinal tract. During each respiration, as the diaphragm contracts, the esophagus …

… esophagus cancers (and are treated like them, as well), so they are grouped with esophagus
cancers. … all adenocarcinomas are found in the distal esophagus, whereas SCCs are more …

… flat esophageal cancers, gastritis-like cancers and colorectal … to the early detection of
esophageal and colorectal malignancies. … cancers has increased remarkably in the alimentary …

… between esophageal cancer and cachexia–anorexia syndrome (CAS) of the alimentary tract
and … response, implication of which in cancer and CAS development remains debatable. …

… The two major histological types of esophageal cancer are esophageal squamous cell …
In summary, PET/CT is a valuable tool for selective use in staging alimentary tract tumors, …

Cancers of the alimentary tract are, collectively, amongst the major causes of morbidity and
deaths from cancer across the world today. Of the 10 million new cases of cancer diagnosed …

… esophageal cancer has taken place in the United States and other Western countries during
the past two decades. Into the 1970s, about 90% of esophageal cancers … distal esophagus, …

… More specifically, prior reports (with smaller sample sizes) have characterized the natural
history for cancer of the alimentary tract; esophageal cancer (median survival 2–75 months), …

… for upper gastrointestinal tract cancers. Both observational and experimental studies have
shown that higher selenium status reduces the risk of esophageal and gastric cancers in …

… Examination of the incidence of previous gastrectomy in patients with primary cancer of the
alimentary tract treated in our clinic (1965 to 1983) showed that 14 of 1079 (1.3%) patients …