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A recent study found that medically treated patients with mild or absent GERD symptoms have significantly higher odds of a form of cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma, than medically treated patients who still suffer from severe GERD symptoms.
Testing of more than 750 patients with GERD revealed adenocarcinogenesis in 122. The researchers found that severe GERD symptoms correlated with decreased odds of adenocarcinogenesis.