PURPOSE Eastern Africa is one of several regions affected by high incidence rates of
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). A unique epidemiologic feature of ESCC in …

Abstract Background: East Africa is affected by a disproportionately high burden of
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods: We conducted an incident case …

Purpose Age-standardized incidence rates for esophageal cancer (EC) in East Africa have
been reported as disproportionately high compared with the worldwide incidence of nine per …

Abstract Background The African Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC) corridor,
which spans from Ethiopia down to South Africa, is an esophageal cancer hotspot …

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most common cancers in most
Eastern and Southern African countries, but its etiology has been understudied to date. To …

Objective Esophageal cancer is the second commonest cancer in Malawi, and 95% of all
cases are esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Very little is known about the …

AIM: To estimate the incidence of esophageal cancer (EC) in Kilimanjaro in comparison to
other regions in Tanzania. METHODS: We also examined the clinical, epidemiologic, and …

Kenya belongs to a high incidence region known as Africa's esophageal cancer (EC)
corridor. It has one of the highest incidence rates of EC worldwide, but research on EC in …

BACKGROUND Esophageal cancer (EC) is associated with a poor prognosis, particularly so
in Africa where an alarmingly high mortality to incidence ratio prevails for this disease. AIM …

Studies evaluating risk factors for the occurrence of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
(ESCC) in high-risk regions might contribute to a better understanding of the oesophageal …