This section is about cancer of the oesophagus (sometimes called cancer of the gullet or food pipe, or oesophageal cancer). It includes the symptoms and causes of oesophageal cancer, tests and treatment, including surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, chemoradiation, biological therapy and current research. The living with oesophageal cancer section includes information about coping after treatment and managing your diet.
If you are looking for information about throat cancer, this could mean cancer of the oesophagus. But throat cancer is not a precise medical term and could mean other types of cancer, for example cancer of the voice box (larynx). It is probably best if you check which type of cancer your doctor means before you look for specific information.
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- Press release: Scientists reveal new insights in the development of oesophageal cancer
- Cancer Research UK scientists show today that while inherited faulty genes can increase the risk of Barrett's Oesophagus – a condition linke...
- 13 Oct 2013
- Press release: A quiet epidemic - men's risk of oesophageal cancer is triple women's risk
- Men are almost three times more likely to get oesophageal cancer than women – one of the biggest gender gaps in cancer rates – according t...
- 18 Jun 2013
- Press release: Cancer death rates over a third higher in men than women
- Men are over 35 per cent more likely to die from cancer than women in the UK, according to a new report....
- 29 Jan 2013
- News: Spotting symptoms – a personal story about oesophageal cancer
- 12 Feb 2014
- News: Why are oesophageal cancer rates going up in men?
- 18 Jun 2013
- News: A minimum alcohol price could cut cancer rates
- 28 Mar 2012
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