News tagged with esophageal adenocarcinoma

Shape of Barrett's epithelium effects prevalence of erosive esophagitis

Barrett's epithelium is recognized as a complication of erosive esophagitis and is the pre-malignant condition for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drinking wine lowers risk of Barrett's esophagus, precursor to esophageal cancer

Drinking one glass of wine a day may lower the risk of Barrett's Esophagus by 56 percent, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in the March issue of Gastroenterology. Barrett's Esophagus is a p ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2