BACKGROUND Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is comprised of a spectrum of related disorders, including hiatal hernia, reflux disease with its associated symptoms, erosive esophagitis, peptic stricture, Barrett's esophagus, and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Besides multiple pathophysiological associations among these disorders, they are also characterized by their comorbid occurrence in ident...

CONTEXT Development of a second primary malignancy after an index esophageal cancer is a rare event, primarily due to short survival of patients with esophageal cancer. However, the number of long-term esophageal cancer survivors has been increasing due to advances in early detection and therapy. CASE REPORT We report herein a case of pancreatic adenocarcinoma that developed three years after...

Colon interposition is an established technique for esophageal reconstruction. We describe the case of primary adenocarcinoma arising in a colonic interposition graft that was performed after total esophagectomy for recurrence adenocarcinoma derived from the Barrett esophagus.

Esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus are linked to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, respectively. However, the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. This study analyzed the expression levels of and correlation between PLCE1 and PRKCA in human esophagitis, carcinogen NMBA-induced rat esophagus, PLCE1 genetic deficient mouse esophageal epithelial tissues and human esophage...

Alterations of microsatellites consisting of extra or missing copies of these sequences occur at relatively high frequencies in sporadic and hereditary colorectal adenocarcinomas, gastric and pancreatic cancers, and at lower frequencies in endometrial, bladder, ovarian, and other carcinomas. We determined the prevalence of microsatellite instability in esophageal adenocarcinoma, Barrett's esoph...

The development of new sensitive immunohistochemical methods allows the detection of single tumor cells or cell clusters in lymph nodes staged as tumor free on routine histologic examination. The prevalence and prognostic impact of these so-called lymph node ‘micrometastases’ has been studied in a variety of different tumor types. Only limited and still somewhat conflicting data are available f...

Esophageal cancer (EC) is the eighth most common cancer and the sixth most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and adenocarcinoma (EAC) are two major histopathological type of esophageal cancer. The incidence of EC was increased in the past 3 decades. Five-year survival of advanced cancer is still very poor, even though improved surgical techniques ...

SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Duodenogastric-esophageal reflux disease is directly linked to Barrett's esophagus and to the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Despite this link, little is known about the mutagenic potential of refluxed material on the esophageal mucosa. We hypothesize that the reflux of gastric and duodenal content causes mutations in esophageal mucosa in vivo. METHODS Seven...

Esophageal cancer incidence rates have been increasing over the past years and survival remain low. According to Global Cancer Observatory, 3.1% of new cases consists esophageal 5.5% deaths was due cancer. Histologic classification comprises either squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or Adenocarcinoma. Other types are reported be uncommon. We present a case 33-year old male admitted progressive dysph...

PURPOSE The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma is rising, and survival rates remain poor. The hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor Met has been detected in esophageal cancer. The perturbation of cadherin/catenin complexes has also been shown. We sought to investigate a link among Met expression, cadherin/catenin biology, and cell growth. We assessed the prognostic significance of Met exp...