Category: Research

Main symptoms of oesophageal cancer

There are many possible symptoms of oesophageal cancer, but they might be hard to spot.

They can affect your digestion, such as:

Other symptoms include:

  • a cough that is not getting better
  • a hoarse voice
  • loss of appetite or losing weight without trying to
  • feeling tired or having no energy
  • pain in your throat or the middle of your chest, especially when swallowing
  • black poo or coughing up blood (although these are uncommon)

If you have another condition, such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, you may get symptoms like these regularly.

You might find you get used to them. But it’s important to be checked by a GP if your symptoms change, get worse, or do not feel normal for you.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/oesophageal-cancer/symptoms/ 

Are you suffering from Dysphagia and interested in taking part in market research?

Indiefield, a market research company based in North London is looking for people like you who are willing to sample a new drink thickener and give feedback during a 1-hour home interview in London.

Indiefield is conducting market research to collect insights and opinions and is not a sales operation.

If you would like to find out more please contact Matthis Hervieux at Indiefield directly on 0208 342 3074 or email [email protected].

Please note, this market research is independent of the OPA

The Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) is an initiative commissioned by the NIAA to identify important topics for future research and help direct the future research agenda.

Why was this PSP needed?

The rationale behind the PSP was simple: research budgets are finite, and research funders need to demonstrate the impact of their research. This entails not only producing academic publications, but also choosing topics for research funding that are important and relevant to clinicians and patients. This PSP’s aim was to identify those topics for anaesthesia and perioperative care, and was the largest consultation exercise conducted within the specialty to date.

Read the full PSP Survey Results document (PDF)

 

We need your help!

We are a team of researchers at Imperial College London looking at whether cancer patients like you want to choose where to have tests and surgery. We also want to know what you think is important to know about the hospital and team treating you. We would be very grateful if you could spare up to 15 minutes to complete our survey which you will find at:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cancerchoicesurvey

Thank you!

The Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care Priority Setting Partnership aims to identify the most important research areas to improve the physical and mental well-being of patients attending hospital for any operation or procedure requiring any type of anaesthetic. A short online survey (5-10 minutes) is open until the end of July for patients, carers and clinicians to contribute their ideas about unanswered research questions related to this topic. It is a unique opportunity to have your say and participate in this important and wide-ranging partnership that will have a real impact on research in hospital care.

For further information and access to the survey please go to: http://www.niaa.org.uk/PSP_Survey#pt