01/15/2026
Terry, a career firefighter, lived with chronic heartburn for decades.
In May 2025, he attended a fire department–sponsored screening event, and a few weeks later received a positive EsoGuard test result.
That result prompted an endoscopy, where biopsies revealed early esophageal adenocarcinoma. Scans confirmed the cancer was confined to his esophagus.
Classified as T1b, his cancer was caught at an early, treatable stage.
Terry credits for changing his course — and giving his care team the confidence to move fast when it mattered most.