Inflammation might be an important factor in the progression from reflux to esophageal cancer.

For many people with gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD, acid reflux drugs are the answer to their woes, curbing the chronic heartburn and regurgitation of food or sour liquid characteristic of the disorder.

NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern, LLP, Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in the World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigations, today announced its

Smoking doubles the risk of developing oesophageal cancer in people with Barrett's Oesophagus.

Scientists working at the Medical Research Council have identified changes in the patterns of sugar molecules that line pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus, a condition called Barrett's dysplasia, making it much easier to detect and remove these cells before they develop into esophageal cancer.