The Esophageal Cancer Action Network (ECAN) is the only national non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to increasing public awareness about the link between Reflux Disease and Cancer.
- Increasing rapidly: The type of Esophageal Cancer that’s caused by reflux disease is the fastest increasing cancer diagnoses among American men; up more than 600 percent in the past 35 years.
- Deadly: It is the #8 Cancer killer of American men; one American dies of Esophageal Cancer every 36 minutes.
- Poor Survival Rate: Fewer than one in five Esophageal Cancer patients will survive five years.