oesophageal
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In 2024, he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and took time off for treatment.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
A GP visit in March led to a diagnosis of oesophageal cancer in May and treatment in July.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
The six deadliest cancers are lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
The frontman contracted oesophageal cancer in 2018 and given six months to live - but new chemotherapy treatments helped him fight back.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023
A non-malignant ulceration may result which later leads on to an oesophageal stricture.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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