Stage 3 esophageal cancer is also known as locally advanced cancer as the cancerous cells are found to have invaded via the esophaguss walls and would have invaded the adjacent tissues or structures or/and lymph nodes. The survival rate depends on the treatment and the treatment decision is influenced by different factors. The patients survival rate during stage 3 esophageal cancer might be poor and the main purpose of getting treated during...more
Tea consumption dates back to nearly five hundred years from now according to the archeologists and botanical evidence proves that China and India were the first countries that cultivated tea. Tea is now the largely consumed beverage next to water in the whole world. Three major types of tea include oolong, black and green tea. The main difference is by the way they are processed. Out of all the three varieties of tea, green tea is said to possess antioxidant properties that scavenge on free radicals, tamper with genetic material and destroys compounds which change cells. Researchers wanted to know the association between people who drank tea often and the incidence of esophageal cancer. A study was conducted on people of Golestan province or northern iran as they drank tea most often and also had higher rate of squamous cell carcinoma, a common type of esophageal cancer. Tea drinkers (nearly 300 people) with esophageal cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) and nearly five hundred and seventy one healthy persons of the same background were interviewed to know their habits of tea drinking. The questions asked to know the relation between tea and esophageal cancer included how...more
Diagnosis of esophageal cancer is done by analyzing the symptoms and medical history of the sufferer including information regarding symptoms like unintentional weight loss, difficulty to swallow foods, current medical conditions, physical examination, checking if the person is habituated to use tobacco, alcohol or GERD and tests or medical...more
Recurrent esophageal cancer is nothing but appearance of esophageal cancer in patients repeatedly even after going through the primary treatment. Various factors are responsible for selecting the treatment options for patients suffering from cancer. The obvious and important purpose of the treatment protocol for recurring esophageal cancer is to relieve the patients from existing symptoms by controlling cancer locally, enhance the chances of cure in patients or for prolonging the survival rates of patients. Treatment protocol for recurring esophageal cancer might be based on the uniqueness of the situation of the patient. The chances of recovery or chances of recurrent esophageal cancer will influence the treatment options and principles. Sometimes doctors might even advice the patients to participate in clinical trials as they help in coming up with new treatment options. They are nothing but studies that are conducted on cancer patients to study the effectiveness of new treatment options or strategies or for evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of newly found drugs. Patients who participate in clinical trials might get more chances of improvement and survival. But...more
Discomfort or experiencing trouble or pain during food swallowing can be a usual occurrence and most often it could be an indication of eating food or drinking liquids very quickly. But if the trouble with eating or swallowing continues regularly it...more
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Chemical Peel Skin TreatmentsTCA is normally used for shallow peels (EasyPeel), where the concentration of acid is low, or for a medium deep peels, which is effective against fine wrinkles, freckles, pigmentation changes, acne and other superficial...more