Greater attention to gastric premalignant conditions should help reduce the incidence of gastric cancer and increase the ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic esophageal inflammatory disease of undetermined pathophysiology that results in dense mucosal eosinophilia and esophageal dysfunction. In childhood ...

Despite its name, heartburn has nothing to do with the heart (although some of the symptoms are similar to a heart attack). Heartburn, also called acid indigestion, is an irritation of the ...

Background: Esophageal rhabdomyosarcoma is an exceedingly rare malignant tumor, with only three cases comprehensively documented in the literature since 1995. Due to its rarity, there is limited ...

1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China 2 The School of Clinical Medicine, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China Purpose: This study ...

The highest rates of prevalence reported were from Japan (histologic BE: 19.9%; [41] ESBE: 43% [56]) and India (histologic BE: 23.6%). [39] Most studies from Asia outside Japan used the proximal ...