Smoking is a well‐known major risk factor in development of esophageal cancer, but few
studies have reported the association between smoking status and prognosis of these …

Background Tobacco smoking strongly increases risk of esophageal squamous cell
carcinoma and moderately increases risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma. How smoking …

Objective Although cigarette smoking is considered as an important risk factor for
esophageal cancer, the magnitude of the association might be varied among geographic …

Smoking is a well‐known risk factor for esophageal cancer. However, there are few reports
that directly evaluate smoking as a prognostic factor for esophageal cancer. Moreover …

The epidemiologic studies on oesophageal cancer and smoking cessation published before
December 2005 were reviewed here. The results from at least 10 cohort and 10 case …

METHODS This is a retrospective analysis conducted on consecutive patients with
esophageal carcinoma who underwent esophagectomy from January 2005 to December …

Background Cigarette smoking is reported to decrease survival and induce chemotherapy
resistance in patients with various cancers. However, the impact of cigarette smoking on …

Although the association for esophageal cancer with tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking
has been well established, the risk appears to be less strong in China. To provide more …

Despite the advances in surgical techniques and treatments, the prognosis of esophageal
cancer remains poor, since the disease is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage …

Background: Whereas extensive research has explored the effect of environmental factors
on the etiology of specific cancers, the influence of exposures such as smoking on risk of site …