Without timely surgical intervention, the patient's condition would have turned fatal. He was losing weight and strength ...

Oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula are relatively common malformations occurring in approximately 1 in 3500 births. In around half of the cases (syndromic oesophageal atresia), ...

Claudin-18 isoform 2 (CLDN18.2) has emerged as a promising therapeutic target in gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer. Satricabtagene autoleucel (satri-cel; also known as CT041), an ...

Objectives Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is an aggressive malignancy and the major histological subtype of oesophageal cancer. Although recent large-scale genomic analysis has improved ...

A pivotal clinical trial of a 'pill-on-a-thread' test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for oesophageal cancer, has welcomed its first participants. The BEST4 Screening trial ...

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is when acid and other contents from the stomach flow back (reflux) into the oesophagus (food pipe). This can cause symptoms such as heartburn, chest pain, ...

For people with ineffective oesophageal motility (IOM), laparoscopic insertion of an inactive implant can be used to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in the NHS while more evidence is generated ...

The catheter features a stent directly coated with the photosensitiser Al-PcS4. A research team at South Korea’s Asan Medical Center has developed a new photodynamic therapy (PDT) catheter that ...

Zanidatamab plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment of HER2-positive advanced gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma demonstrated clinically meaningful and durable antitumour activity, with a manageable ...

Reflow Medical today announced it received FDA de novo clearance for its Spur Peripheral Retrievable Stent System for infrapopliteal arterial disease. The system is cleared for use in de novo or ...

Results of the recently concluded DEEPER REVEAL clinical trial (NCT05358353) to evaluate the Reflow Medical Spur Stent System for below-the-knee (BTK) treatment of chronic limb-threatening ischemia ...