An expert review provides best practice advice on diagnostic considerations of immune-mediated disorders that should be considered in patients with esophageal dysfunction.

Researchers evaluated demographic characteristics associated with survival trends in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the upper esophagus.

A study found profound swallowing deficits in SMA type 1 babies, a disease feature of note as disease-modifying treatment ...

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

A transcutaneous electrical stimulation system (TESS) is effective in reducing both symptoms and esophageal acid exposure time in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a ...

Patients who traveled to high-volume centers for esophagectomy experienced better outcomes than those who sought treatment locally at low-volume centers, according to results of a cohort ...

It is estimated that about 5%-12% of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have BE. The exact number is not known because most BE goes undiagnosed, he says. "With esophageal ...