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Please help. A friend of mine has been diagnosed with oesophagus cancer and needs to find out all he can about his condition. Can anyone give me as much information as possible on this please including treatment, specialists, best hospitals and any other useful information. Thanks Bob

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Here’s a starting point http://www.acor.org/Cancerlist/esophagus.html Stage and type of cancer would be important to know (in relation to looking for information as to treatments, surgeries etc). HTH J – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Please help. A friend of mine has been diagnosed with oesophagus cancer and needs to find out all he can about his condition. Can anyone give me as much information as possible on this please including treatment, specialists, best hospitals and any other useful information. Thanks Bob

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Subscribe to the EC-Group Esophageal Cancer Dicussion List To subscribe to the EC-Group, use your Web browser and click on this link to open a blank Email message, or use your own email system to send a this message:  SUBSCRIBE EC-GROUP firstname lastname After the automated software accepts your subscription, you will receive a welcome message and you will also be able to send email to the list. If you have any problems subscribing or have any further questions, please contact the list owners.  To post a message to the list – Please use a subject line that reflects your topic.  To reach a list SIGNOFF EC-GROUP To review EC-Group List Archives (Web) – <http://www.acor.org/lists/cancer/ec_browse_sl.html  Once you’ve subscribed to the list, we’d like you to post the following information to the list. You will find that the current members will share their own stories with you as well.  Name  Whether you are an EC patient, in support of one, and/or a member of the health care community.  If you are a support person, what is your relationship to the EC patient  If you are a professional caregiver, what is your particular interest in this group  Date of diagnosis  Date of birth Date of surgery  Where you live  Any comments you’d care to share with the subscribers.  NOTE: This information is optional. You are under no obligation to share it, and may join the EC-Group without doing so. The EC-Group list owners are Al Levenson (founder), Nic Oatridge and Marc Wolfgram.  Retired owners are Jan Myers and George Thompson. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Please help. A friend of mine has been diagnosed with oesophagus cancer and needs to find out all he can about his condition. Can anyone give me as much information as possible on this please including treatment, specialists, best hospitals and any other useful information. Thanks Bob

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Bob,      I am going to suggest that you have a look at a web-site and support group for esophageal (that’s how we spell it on this side of the ‘pond’) cancer (http://www.tznet.com/wolfgram/ec/cafe). You will need to have a look at the searchable archives of the ACOR discussion group and joining the group (instructions are on this web-site, group has about 950 members) would be a very useful thing to do in order for you to best be able to help your friend. This is a very tough disease to fight and you (and he) will need all the help you can get!      Thre are also many web-sites which can be found via your favourite search engine (I use www.google.com), some operated by the various government-run cancer agencies (especially in North America) and some run by the hospitals that treat this difficult disease. Hope this helps and best wishes to you and your friend Hans – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Please help. A friend of mine has been diagnosed with oesophagus cancer and needs to find out all he can about his condition. Can anyone give me as much information as possible on this please including treatment, specialists, best hospitals and any other useful information. Thanks Bob

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There is a company that enables people needing serious yet schedulable surgery or other medical procedures to select health care providers based on quality, services and price. It is found at www.patientwise.net.

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Anyone with any information on Baretts cancer. Many Thanks

Barrett’s isn’t cancer, it’s simply metaplasia of the lining of the lower oesophagus from squamous mucosa to glandular (gastric) mucosa. It isn’t malignant, though people with Barrett’s do have a slightly higher incidence of cancer of the lower oesophagus. It’s one of the diseases of which the fear is worse than the reality

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Anyone with any information on Baretts cancer. Many Thanks

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Anyone with any information on Baretts cancer. Many Thanks

Do you mean Barrett’s Esophagus? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Barrett%27s+Es… Jerry

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Howard,    Barrett’s esophagus (or oesophagus, as you say in Britain) is not actually cancer – it is a pre-cancerous condition which, in about 5-7% of individuals, goes on to become cancer. Having said that, there is a ‘discussion group’ dealing with the subjects of Barrett’s, GERD (Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease) and reflux available by sending a ‘blank’    If you are actually enquiring about cancer of the esophagus, there is an excellent site at http://www.eccafe.org, where you will also have the opportunity to join a ‘listserv’ (email mailing list) of over 1200 patients, caregivers and supporters. It is a great group of individuals!    God luck and maybe we’ll see on the ‘listserv’ (where you will "meet" a number of people from the U.K.) Hans – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Anyone with any information on Baretts cancer. Many Thanks

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