hofstetter in A Sentence

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    These can sustain nutrition completely if need be," says Dr. Hofstetter.

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    Hofstetter emphasizes that letting your doctors know about your symptoms is key to your recovery.

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    It's impossible to know just how cancer will progress in a given patient, says Hofstetter.

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    At least 75 percent of the time, esophageal cancer recurs, but it depends on stage," says Hofstetter.

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    However, Hofstetter acknowledges some will experience what he calls“undeserved hits”- dumping episodes that occur even when you have done everything according to your doctor's instructions.

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    In esophageal cancer patients who have had an esophagectomy, dumping syndrome probably occurs in part because their“capacity to store food is diminished,” says Dr. Hofstetter.

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    The time to come out of esophageal cancer[disease-free] is the first time through- your best chance of treatment is the first time around," says Hofstetter.

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    If you have heartburn for longer than 10 years, or if you have bad heartburn that's not well treated[even if it has been] less than 10 years, you should have an endoscopy," notes Dr. Hofstetter.

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    But I generally recommend hospice care for someone with less than six months to live with terminal disease, and who needs the additional care," says Wayne Hofstetter, MD, associate professor and director of the esophageal program at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,

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