Top Doctors: Esophageal cancer
Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | Dr. Alan Spielberg, chairman of the gastroenterology section at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown. (Nov. 30, 2011)
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Esophageal cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer, and the prognosis is usually grim. What's important, then, is to do what you can to prevent it, which medical experts say includes taking heartburn, sore throat and coughs seriously.
Here's what you should know:
1. ESOPHAGEAL CANCER IS COMMON
The U.S. National Cancer Institute estimates that 16,980 people in the United...
