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Esophageal dysmotility —disorders that affect the esophagus’ ability to move food and liquid to a person’s stomach — also contributed to Ladd’s death, People reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer worldwide and the sixth leading cause of cancer-related death.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2024

Esophageal cancer will prove fatal to an estimated 16,410 U.S. adults this year, according to the ACS.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2022

Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the world.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

Esophageal tuberculosis is not commonly met, but is probably not infrequently associated with the dysphagia of tuberculous laryngitis.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier