Postoperative Outcomes after Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: An International Cohort Study from the Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA)

Postoperative Outcomes after Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: An International Cohort Study from the Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA)

Objective To compare the postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) after minimally invasive or open transthoracic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in an international, multicenter cohort. Summary of Background Data Ongoing debate exis...

Good Morning Delmarva discusses esophageal awareness month

WMDT – This month is Esophageal Awareness Month, and the Esophageal Cancer Action Network (ECAN) is spreading awareness about the disease. Esophageal Cancer is the fastest increasing cancer for men in the U.S. and it’s a silent killer. ECAN’s president, Mindy Mitnz Mordecai, who founded the organization after her husband passed from what she says it’s a preventable cancer with screening. Reflux Disease can lead to this cancer, and she tells us i…

JCI A multicenter prospective clinical trial reveals cell-free DNA methylation markers for early esophageal cancer

BACKGROUND Current methods for detecting esophageal cancer (EC) are generally invasive or exhibit limited sensitivity and specificity, especially for the identification of early-stage tumors.METHODS We identified potential methylated DNA markers (MDMs) from multiple genomic regions in a discovery cohort, and a diagnostic model was developed and verified in a model-verification cohort of 297 participants. The accuracy of the MDM panel was validat…