Epidemiology of esophageal cancer: update in global trends, etiology and risk factors

DJ Uhlenhopp, EO Then, T Sunkara… - Clinical journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common type of cancer worldwide and constitutes the
sixth leading cause of cancer deaths. It is characterized by its high mortality rate, poor …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of esophageal cancer

Y Zhang - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Esophageal cancer (EsC) is one of the least studied and deadliest cancers worldwide
because of its extremely aggressive nature and poor survival rate. It ranks sixth among all …

[HTML][HTML] Global burden, risk factors, and trends of esophageal cancer: an analysis of cancer registries from 48 countries

J Huang, A Koulaouzidis, W Marlicz, V Lok, C Chu… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer globally.
Preventive measures and clinical management differ based on histologic subtype. However …

[HTML][HTML] Esophageal cancer: an updated surveillance epidemiology and end results database analysis

EO Then, M Lopez, S Saleem, V Gayam… - World journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related deaths and the
eighth most common cancer worldwide with a 5-year survival rate of less than 25%. Here we …

Esophageal Cancer: An Updated Review.

M DiSiena, A Perelman, J Birk… - Southern Medical …, 2021 - europepmc.org
The incidence of esophageal cancer (EC) is on the rise. With the distinct subtypes of
adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma comes specific risk factors, and as a result …

[HTML][HTML] The changing face of esophageal cancer

RE Melhado, D Alderson, O Tucker - Cancers, 2010 - mdpi.com
The two main histological esophageal cancer types, adenocarcinoma and squamous cell
carcinoma, differ in incidence, geographic distribution, ethnic pattern and etiology. This …

[HTML][HTML] Esophageal cancer: Epidemiology, risk factors and screening

J Li, J Xu, Y Zheng, Y Gao, S He, H Li… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
More than 600,000 people are diagnosed with esophageal cancer (EC) every year globally,
and the five-year survival rate of EC is less than 20%. Two common histological subtypes of …

[PDF][PDF] Epidemiologic risk factors for esophageal cancer development

WM Mao, WH Zheng, ZQ Ling - Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 2011 - researchgate.net
In retrospective studies of esophageal cancer (EC), cigarettes and hookah smoking, nass
use (a chewing tobacco product), opium consumption, hot tea drinking, poor oral health, low …

Epidemiology of esophageal cancer

GD Eslick - Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2009 - Elsevier
The epidemiology of esophageal cancer has radically changed in the last fifty-years in the
Western world. Changes in the predominant type of squamous cell carcinoma to …

Esophageal cancer: epidemiology, pathogenesis and prevention

SB Umar, DE Fleischer - Nature clinical practice Gastroenterology & …, 2008 - nature.com
Esophageal cancer is highly aggressive and is a common cancer both worldwide and in the
US. In the past two decades, the incidence and mortality of esophageal cancer in the US …