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2. Esophageal cancer - Wikipedia

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   Esophageal cancer (lower part) as a result of Barrettʼs esophagus. Male predominance is particularly strong in this type of esophageal cancer, which occurs about 7 to 10 times more frequently in men. [25] This imbalance may be related to the characteristics and interactions of other known risk factors, including acid reflux and obesity. [25]

3. Signs and symptoms of cancer - Wikipedia

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   Signs and symptoms are not mutually exclusive, for example a subjective feeling of fever can be noted as sign by using a thermometer that registers a high reading. [7] Because many symptoms of cancer are gradual in onset and general in nature, cancer screening (also called cancer surveillance) is a key public health priority. This may include ...

4. Oesophagogastric junctional adenocarcinoma - Wikipedia

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   Early stages are oftentimes asymptomatic or have difficulty swallowing. More advanced stages can present with signs and symptoms of anemia , especially iron deficiency anemia from chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, weight loss, cervical adenopathy, hoarseness or change in voice, and progressive difficulty with swallowing (initially with solid ...

5. Cancer patients often do better with less intensive treatment ...

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   The latest studies involved ovarian and esophageal cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma. Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes ...

6. Gastrointestinal cancer - Wikipedia

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   Cancer of the esophagus is often detected late inasmuch as there are typically no early symptoms. Nevertheless, if the cancer is caught soon enough, patients can have a five-year survival rate of 90% or above. By the time esophageal cancer is usually detected, though, it might have spread beyond the esophageal wall, and the survival rate drops ...

7. Supraclavicular lymph nodes - Wikipedia

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   Differential diagnosis of an enlarged Virchow's node includes lymphoma, various intra-abdominal malignancies, breast cancer, and infection (e.g. of the arm). Similarly, an enlarged right supraclavicular lymph node tends to drain thoracic malignancies such as lung and esophageal cancer, as well as Hodgkin's lymphoma.