TASK DEFINITION: Given a passage with a question and an answer to that question, classify if the answer actually answers the question into 'yes' or 'no'. Output 'yes' if the answer answers the question and output 'no' if the answer does not answer the question.
PROBLEM: Question: Has survival after recurrent esophageal carcinoma improved over the past 18 years?
Answer: Survival after recurrent EC in patients who undergo FU without routine imaging after esophagectomy is approximately 3 months and has not improved over the past 18 years.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Question: Do several mechanical manipulations of the wall of the inner ear affect air and bone conduction auditory thresholds?
Answer: It is likely that an alternative mode of cochlear excitation is possible.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Question: Is tumor differentiation a risk factor for lymph node metastasis in elderly patients with early gastric cancer?
Answer: Elderly patients with undifferentiated type histology early gastric cancer without other risk factors for lymph node metastasis may be candidates for endoscopic resection.

SOLUTION:
no