Researchers sought to determine the effect of long-term opioid exposure on esophageal motility, using a large cohort. Dysphagia occurs in nearly 2 of 3 individuals receiving treatment with opioids and ...

Panel A shows the microscopic myoarchitecture of the circular and longitudinal muscle layers of the lower esophageal sphincter and stomach. The circular muscle fibers of the esophagus cross each other ...

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is one of the most common premalignant lesions and can progress to esophageal adenocarcinoma. It is characterized histologically by a specialized intestinal metaplasia that ...

Investigators wanted to assess endoscopic appearance, wall thickness, histology, and dysphagia score for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Patients who have eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) developed ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The esophagus, like other luminal organs of the digestive system, provides a potential environment for bacterial colonization, but little is ...

S-1 and intraperitoneal and intravenous paclitaxel as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer with positive peritoneal cytology. Background: There is limited data comparing intensity modulated ...

The assumption that intestinal metaplasia is a prerequisite for intraepithelial neoplasia/dysplasia and adenocarcinoma in the distal esophagus has been challenged by observations of adenocarcinoma ...

Outcome of the nonrandomized patients in the FFCD 9102 trial: Chemoradiation followed by surgery compared with chemoradiation alone in squamous cancer of the esophagus No significant financial ...

The link between Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus has prompted efforts to cause or induce reversal of this premalignant lesion, ultimately in an attempt to decrease ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Barrett's esophagus develops as a result of chronic injury of esophagus epithelium from gastroesophageal reflux disease. It is defined when metaplastic columnar epithelium replaces the stratified ...