OBJECTIVE: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common esophageal diseases in the developing world, but the relationship between esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and Helicobacter pylori infection remains a neglected topic. The primary objective of this study was to determine the association between Helicobacter pylori infection and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. A second...

SUMMARY 13 Consecutive patients who underwent endoscopic Nd - Y AG laser therapy for palliation of advanced esophageal cardnoma were treated between Oct 1989, and July 1991 , in Khatam - al -Anbia Hospital. All patients had severe dysphagia and conventional methods such as surgery , Radiotherapy and chemotherapy failed to treat them. Undoubtedly without laser therapy these patients did not see...

This is the first documented case of esophageal carcinoma in a 14 year old boy which has been reported to date. Carcinoma of the esophagus is rare before the third decade. The present case highlights the fact that the condition should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of progressive dysphagia even in children and teenagers

Paclitaxel has been generally used to treat primary and metastatic esophageal carcinoma. It has been shown that nestin is highly expressed in esophageal carcinoma and that there is a strong association of nestin expression with poor prognosis in esophageal carcinoma patients. In this study, using immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization and Western blotting we demonstrated that nestin was ov...

Brain metastasis from esophageal carcinoma is rare. In our center, among 301 cases of esophageal cancer referred for radiotherapy during a 14-year period, brain metastasis from esophageal carcinoma was detected in one case. An unusual case of esophageal carcinoma that presented with brain metastasis is reported.

report of a rare case of esophageal carcinoma

Esophageal cancer, usually involve esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (AC), is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world [1]. Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in the world [2]. Esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma and esophageal adenocarcinoma represent the core histological subtypes of esophagus cancer [3]. Esophageal car...

abstract background: esophageal cancer is one of the major malignancies, with various epidemiological aspects in recent years in developing countries, including increased prevalence and variations of pathologic patterns. this may be due to increasing rates of barrett’s esophagus, gastroesophageal reflux, smoking and obesity. this study was performed from 1991 to 2005 in order to evaluate variou...

telomerase activation is one of the main pathways to immortalize cancer cells. in many kinds of cancer cells, this special reverse transcriptase stabilizes and elongates telomeres and prevents telomere erosion that naturally occurs in every cell division. esophageal cancer is the fifth most frequent cause of cancer death worldwide, and is highly associated with alcohol, smoking, cultural habits...

To clarify the expression level and methylation of esophageal cancer related gene 4 in laryngeal malignant tumor adjacent tissues, to explore its potential correlation with clinicopathological characteristics patients is objective study. The clinical samples were collected from 20 primary Xiangtan Central Hospital December 2017 2018. detected by next-generation sequencing technology. In 15 case...