The paradigm that Barrett's oesophagus develops as a consequence of symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease and predisposes to oesophageal adenocarcinoma has dominated clinical thought for ...

Background and Aim Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a premalignant condition to esophageal adenocarcinoma. It is currently not clear whether cigarette smoking increases the risk of developing BE ...

Background and Aim: Barrett's esophagus has been associated with the presence of hiatal hernia; however, to date no meta-analysis of the relationship has been performed. We aimed to conduct a ...

Barrett's esophagus can be treated with lifestyle modifications, medications, and surgery. While prevention is undoubtedly important, there are valuable ways to avoid harmful health effects of Barrett ...

Background While p53 mutations occur early in Barrett’s oesophagus (BE) progression to oesophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), their role in gastric cardia stem cells remains unclear. Objective This study ...

17 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. "Our study used a methodically rigorous process to identify biomarkers, and we believe this represents the first study to select biomarkers for ...

Objective Barrett's oesophagus commonly presents as a patchwork of columnar metaplasia with and without goblet cells in the distal oesophagus. The presence of metaplastic columnar epithelium with ...

A NURSE says she’s “lucky to be alive” after her seemingly harmless symptoms turned out to be one of the deadliest cancers.

The NHS warns symptoms of indigestion and heartburn can be a sign – and those with the condition have an increased risk of ...

A man's life was saved by his brother-in-law after his wife recognised his persistent heartburn could be cancer too. Jenny ...

Jenny Mosley, 56, lost her brother Ade, 53, in October 2018, after he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer - six months ...