Health and Medical Guide to Digestive System Esophageal Cancer Health information topics about Esophageal Cancer: Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Esophageal Neoplasms National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D004938&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Upper Endoscopy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/upperendoscopy/ 2. Understanding Esophageal Dilation American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/brochures/esopho_dilation.cfm 3. How Is Cancer of the Esophagus Staged? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_How_is_esophagus_cance... 4. How is Cancer of the Esophagus Diagnosed? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_how_is_esophagus_cance... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Digestive Diseases Dictionary National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/ 2. Cancer.gov Dictionary National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/ Directories 1. Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/sections/membership/findamember/ 2. Find an Otolaryngologist American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/ent_otolaryngologist.cfm 3. Find a Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Doctor American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/find/find.cfm Disease Management 1. Esophagus Cancer: What Happens After Treatment? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_happens_after_tre... National Institutes of Health 1. Esophageal Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/esophageal/patient/ 2. What You Need to Know about Cancer of the Esophagu National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/esophagus Organizations 1. American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/ 2. National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ Overviews 1. What Is Cancer of the Esophagus? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_is_esophagus_canc... Prevention/Screening 1. Esophageal Cancer (PDQ): Prevention National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/prevention/esophageal/patient/ 2. Can Cancer of the Esophagus Be Found Early? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_can_esophagus_cancer_b... 3. What Are the Risk Factors for Cancer of the Esopha American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_2x_what_are_the_risk_fact... 4. Esophageal Cancer (PDQ): Screening National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/screening/esophageal/patient/ Related Issues 1. Ten Questions to Ask Your GI Endoscopist American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/tenquest.cfm Research 1. Zinc Deficiency Linked to Increased Risk of Less&a National Cancer Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2005/nci-15a.htm 2. What's New in Esophageal Cancer Research and American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_6x_whats_new_in_esophagus... 3. Esophageal Cancer Is Uncommon, Heartburn Common American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/nws/content/nws_1_1x_esophageal_cancer_is_unc... Specific Conditions 1. What Should You Ask Your Doctor about Cancer of th American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_should_you_ask_yo... 2. GERD, Barrett's Esophagus and the Risk for Es American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/brochures/barretts_patient.cfm Statistics 1. What Are the Key Statistics about Cancer of the Es American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_are_the_key_stati... Treatment 1. Treatment for Cancer of the Esophagus American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_2_4x_treatment_for_esophagu... 2. Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer: Questions and An National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_7.htm 3. Palliative Therapy American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_4x_palliative_therapy_12.... 4. Treatment of Cancer of the Esophagus by Stage American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_4x_treatment_of_esophagus...   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! 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