Gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma is a rare type of cancer of the esophagus, the tube that connects your mouth and stomach. It starts in the gastroesophageal (GE) junction, the area where ...

The meeting point of the stomach and esophagus, the so-called gastro-esophageal junction, is a region of the human body that is not well-suited to the modern lifestyle. Stress, alcohol ...

This occurs due to changes in the glandular cells that exist at the junction of the esophagus and the stomach. Rarer types include: choriocarcinoma lymphoma melanoma sarcoma small cell cancer The ...

When a pouch forms at the junction of the pharynx and the ... where it joins the tube (esophagus) that leads to the stomach. Zenker’s diverticulum usually appears in an area known as Killian ...

Reduced reflux risk: Left-side sleeping helps keep the junction between stomach and esophagus above the level of stomach acid, reducing reflux risk. Enhanced waste movement: This position promotes ...

near the junction with the stomach. It’s the most common form of esophageal cancer in the United States. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common esophageal cancer worldwide and is more common ...

PAF causes strong contractions—especially in the muscles of the esophagus and the stomach’s upper region (called the gastric fundus). In other parts of the intestine, such as the small ...

But experts say it's been difficult to show how cancer begins at the junction of the stomach and the esophagus, in part due to a lack of biologically relevant GEJ-specific early disease models for ...

This procedure cuts out part of the vagus nerve at the gastroesophageal junction. This is the area that connects the tube from your mouth, called the esophagus, to your stomach. After this surgery ...