what is the define of ESOPHAGEAL CANCER?
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Cacner of the esophagus (throat).  If primary, its caused by tobacco products many times.
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This tube in the adult ranges from 10 to 14 inches in length, and 1 inch in diameter. ...\nwww.ddc.musc.edu/ddc_pub/digestiveOrgans/esophagus.htm
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Do you mean esophageal sphincter? If you do, it's a ring of muscle between your esophagus (tube where swallowed food goes down) and your stomach. It keeps partly digested food and acid in your stomach where it belongs instead of coming back up your esophagus. Sometimes it doesn't work properly and this causes heartburn.
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Types of cancer.\n\nA sarcoma is a cancer of the connective or supportive tissue (bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels).\n\nCarcinoma is any cancer that arises from epithelial cells. It is malignant by definition: carcinomas invade surrounding tissues and organs, and may spread to lymph nodes and distal sites (metastasis).
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A barium meal, also known as a barium swallow or an upper gastrointestinal series is a procedure in which radiographs (x-rays) of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum are taken after barium sulfate is ingested by a patient. Barium meals are useful in the diagnosis of structural and motility abnormalities of the foregut.\n\nThere are two varieties of barium meal, these being single and double contrast meals. A single contrast meal uses only barium, a radiopaque (or positive) contrast medium, to image the upper gastrointestinal tract while a double contrast meal uses barium as well as a radiolucent (or negative) contrast medium such as room air, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide. The double contrast meal has the advantage of demonstrating mucosal details and is much more useful as a diagnostic test allowing the detection of small mucosal lesions such as diverticula or polyps.\n\nEsophageal cancers grow from the wall of the esophagus into the opening of the esophagus, creating a tumor or bump inside the esophagus. A barium swallow test can show irregularities in the normally smooth surface of the esophageal wall. Barium in liquid form is used to coat the esophagus wall before the x-ray is taken, allowing the x-ray to show the esophagus clearly.\n\nA barium swallow test is often the first diagnostic test in people with trouble swallowing. It can be used to identify both early and advanced cancers, although early cancers (before symptoms occur) are often found by accident while having the test for another reason. In the barium x-ray, early cancers can look like small round bumps. They also can appear as a flat, raised area called a plaque. These masses will cause the barium to coat the affected area of the esophagus unevenly. Advanced cancers look like large irregular areas and cause a narrowing of the width of the esophagus. A barium swallow test cannot be used to determine how far a cancer may have spread outside of the esophagus.\n\nA barium swallow test can also be used to diagnose one of the more serious complications of esophageal cancer called a tracheoesophageal fistula. This occurs when the tumor destroys the tissue between the esophagus and the trachea (windpipe) and creates a hole connecting the swallowing and breathing tubes. This leads to frequent coughing and gagging, and can be repaired with surgery or an endoscopy procedure.\n\nThere are six tests that are performed on the blood when assessing a patient for thyroid cancer. They are:\n\na. T3\nb. T3 resin uptake\nc. T4\nd. thyroid scan\ne. TSH\nf. TSI\n\nA search of endoscopy facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico turned up at least six hospitals.
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'Cancer' is a relatively non-speceific term.\n\nLocalised cancer can have a very good prognosis when appropriately treated. eg excision of a breast lump. \n\nWidespread (metastatic) cancer involving eg. lung, brain and bones has a poorer prognosis.\n\nSome cancers eg. prostate cancer are 'slow growing'. You can die with it instead of from it. Other cancers eg oesophagus (gullet) still remain relatively more difficult to treat.\n\n\nThe short answer is it depends...on what type of cancer, the stage, grade, general state of health etc. \n\nThere are cancer survivors all around us.
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Cancer f the MOUTH, PHARYNX, and LARYNX-Symptoms.\n1. Hoarseness that lasts more than three to four weeks.\n2. Ulcerations, whitish plaques, sores, lumps- anywhere on the lips, tongue, gums, inside the cheeks, throat,and so on- that fail to disappear within 2 or 3 weeks.\n3. Repeated bleeding from the tongue, cheeks or throat of unexplained origin.\n4. A lump in the neck, under the chin, or at any angle of the jaw.\nConsult an E.N.T.Specialist.\nPlease see the webpages for more details on Throat cancer.
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Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells.  A growth of cells is called a tumor.  A cancerous tumor is called a malignant one.  Malignant cells spread all over the body weakening our organs causing them to shut down.  People die as a result of this.
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There are actually several grading schemes for esophagitis, but all are esentially 4 point scales where 4 would be the worst. It is most often a result of gastic reflux (or GERD) which in some (but not all) people causes "heartburn".  If left untreated, the severe ulceration and injury of "grade 4" esophagitis can sometimes lead to scarring and stricturing that blocks free passage of food or in some cases may lead to tissue changes that eventually can become esophogeal cancer.
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heartburn. If it happens frequently you may hae acid reflux disease (very corosive to your esophogus). If it serious, ask a doctor
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None. Go see your doctor to be sure you don't have anything more serious. Stomach cancer often feels like an ulcer. So does gastric reflux disease. Stomach ulcers can be serious, too, especially if they start bleeding. Go see a doctor to be sure it isn't anything serious.
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First of all, you DO need to go to the Dr.\n\nBut I wouldn't jump to any conclusions. It's probably GERD (Reflux Disease) which would be exacerbated by the smoking by the way. Reflux doesn't have to be just after eating. My bet is that, whatever it is.. it's probably related to the upper gastro-intestinal track and most likely easily fixed. \n\nHOWEVER: GERD that goes without treatment is the leading cause of esophageal cancer, which is deadly and with the smoking, you're at even a higher risk. So, the first thought is still an important one... go see your Doctor ;-)\n\n----\nI doubt it's pleurisy... Pleuratic traumas are usually sharper pains and are persistent, not "come and go." Also, shortness of breath is also associated with pleurisy.
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Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue (invasion) or by implantation into distant sites (metastasis). This unregulated growth is caused by damage to DNA, resulting in mutations to genes that control cell division. Several mutations may be required to transform a normal cell into a malignant cell. These mutations are often caused by chemicals or physical agents called carcinogens. Some mutations occur spontaneously, or they can be inherited (germ line mutations.)
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Drink a glass of water upside down. If it lasts a long time like 30 minutes or so, go see a doctor. you might have some type of a preexisting condition in your esophagus, which can be serious. If it lasts a long time, please dont wait to see a doctor.
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Mitosis is the process Cells go through to successfully replicate.  Cancer could be defined as uncontrolled cellular replication.  Cellular mechanisms have evolved to regulate mitosis.  A loss or malfunction of these regulator mechanisms may stimulate mitosis at the wrong time and lead to cancer.
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Esophagus is one of the digestive organs. If it comes for esophagus, every food just passes through it, there's no reaction occur. If there's no reaction, that means there's no specific organ occur either. Actually, location of cilia is not far from esophagus. Cilia can be found at the upper part of nasal cavity (channel which connected between nose & trachea), used as smelling receptor.
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Cancer is a group of over 200 diseases, there is a common way of naming cancers. The Primary Cancer is where the cancer began in your case the stomach, which means you have cancer of the stomach this will be broken down further into the type of cancer based on the histology (what the cells look like under the microscope) the most common cancer in humans being a carcinoma.  if a cancer spread (metastasizes) where it has spread to is known as a secondary cancer.  Or in this case a Stomach cancer with bone Secondaries (metastases).