Diagnosis, staging and management.

Conditions that affect the esophagus may feel like burning sensations in the chest or that something is caught in their esophagus. Specialists in our gastroenterology clinic are expert at diagnosing and treating these conditions, as well as developing a customized treatment plan for you.

There are many conditions and diseases of the esophagus including the following:

• Achalasia
• Barrett’s esophagus
• Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)
• Esophageal cancer
• Esophagitis
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

Esophageal cancer is cancer that occurs in the esophagus — a long, hollow tube that runs from your throat to your stomach. Your esophagus carries food you swallow to your stomach to be digested.
Esophageal cancer usually begins in the cells that line the inside of the esophagus. Esophageal cancer can occur anywhere along the esophagus, but in people in the United States, it occurs most often in the lower portion of the esophagus. More men than women get esophageal cancer.