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Posted 1/13/2015 8:15 PM (GMT 0)
I go to see the GI in February. I'm worried about the cancer because odds aren't good of you have it. I've felt like I have a lumpin my throat all day. I'm really worried because I'm sure I've had reflux issues since I've been born, but no one really mentioned that it could be that until 5 years ago. Because of pregnancies, I've only recently started treating it (so the meds didn't hurt the babies). Now I know that some meds were actually safe. I just worry constantly which makes it all worse.
Posted 1/14/2015 3:36 AM (GMT 0)
Hope this makes you feel better.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21301454

Given the epidemiology of EAC, the yield of endoscopic screening examinations in those under 50, and in women, regardless of age or GERD symptoms, is exceedingly low, and may approximate the low risk of the endoscopic procedure itself.

I think I read once, I think from Nicholas Shaheen, that the risk of esophageal cancer in women with symptoms is roughly similar to the risk of breast cancer in men, and greater than the risk of esophageal cancer in men without symptoms.
Posted 1/14/2015 4:41 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you! I really appreciate that.
Posted 1/15/2015 7:39 PM (GMT 0)
No problem. I am the best, #1.
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