DUBLIN (Reuters) - Persistent hiccupping in addition to weight-loss and difficulty swallowing could be a warning sign of cancer of the oesophagus, an Irish researcher said on Wednesday.
Professor Tom Walsh, of the James Connolly Memorial Hospital in Dublin, told a meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland that some patients with oesophageal cancer complain of persistent hiccups.
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