PPT-Oesophageal Cancer. -improving outcomes.

Anil Kaul Consultant General and Upper GI Surgery St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust How big is the problem Oesophageal and Gastric cancer 13500 patients affected each year in the UK. Professor . Antonino. . Morabito. Dr Lisa Kauffmann. Feb 2015. Why is it a problem?. GORD is a motility disorder. . The Lower Oesophageal Sphincter is the critical area.. 2 main mechanisms:. Mechanical . Professor . Antonino. . Morabito. Dr Lisa Kauffmann. Feb 2015. Why is it a problem?. GORD is a motility disorder. . The Lower Oesophageal Sphincter is the critical area.. 2 main mechanisms:. Mechanical . Raising awareness of oesophageal cancer: The regional pilot Professor S. Michael Griffin Northern Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Unit Newcastle upon Tyne Colorectal adenocarcinoma Small cell lung cancer 25% off . with the online code. WSREVMED25. Valid until 31. . August 2020. Only at www.worldscientific.com. RevMED. : 300 SBAs in Medicine and Surgery. By Lasith Ranasinghe & Oliver Clements . (. Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor Director of Global Oncology Program Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, San Francisco Fig. 1. Age distrib patients with suspected oesophageal symptoms,flexible Evidence grade C and/or radiology, as manometry is the most accurate method Evidence grade C) Oesophageal manometry is the most accurate method fo - interpretation and analysis Dr Dinesh Banur, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenneterologist, Columbia Asia Hospital, Bangalore Back ground Successful swallowing requires orderly propulsion of foo Yi Guo, PhD CTRB; yiguo@ufl.edu Office Hours: TBDCOURSE DESCRIPTIONUnderstanding and measuring outcomes of health care has become increasingly important with COURSE OBJECTIVESThe primary goals of thi Pill oesophagitis is a common entity caused by medications having a direct toxic effect on mucosa by creating an acidic or alkaline environment. Usually self limiting, however, persistent injury can cause strictures. Commmon medications that cause this are Bisphophonates, antibiotics e.g. doxycycline,chemotherapy ,NSAIDS,potassium chloride, ferrous sulphate and thoracic radiation. Recognising and stopping medication with high dose PPI is how they are dealt with. Interventions like dilatation are required once strictures develop. . . Squamous . oesophageal. cancer . is relatively . rare in . Caucasians (4/100 000), whilst in Iran, parts of Africa and China it is much more common (200 per 100 000). Squamous cancer can arise in any part of the . Fiji 1 December 2016. Dr Jane Skeen- for . the . NZ NCCN . Pacific working group. . Outline. Background. Current . situation in NZ. NZCCR . 2000-2009. The Gap. NCCN . Pacific Child Cancer Project . Dr Eilidh Duthie. 1. , Dr Ross Porter. 1. , Dr Jonathan Serhan. 2. & Dr Hasnain Jafferbhoy. 1. Department of Gastroenterology, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, NHS Fife, Scotland. Department of Radiology, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, NHS Fife, Scotland. Achalasia. . ("does not relax"). - . loss of peristalsis. in the distal esophagus and a . failure of LES relaxation. .. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. ETIOLOGY. The etiology of achalasia is not known. Surgical anatomy. The . oesophagus. is a muscular tube, approximately 25 cm long, mainly occupying the posterior mediastinum and extending from the upper . oesophageal. sphincter (the . cricopharyngeus.