Epidemiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

CC Abnet, M Arnold, WQ Wei - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) accounts for about 90% of the 456,000
incident esophageal cancers each year. Regions of high incidence include Eastern to …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose–response meta-analysis

V Bagnardi, M Rota, E Botteri, I Tramacere… - British journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Background: Alcohol is a risk factor for cancer of the oral cavity, pharynx, oesophagus,
colorectum, liver, larynx and female breast, whereas its impact on other cancers remains …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding esophageal cancer: the challenges and opportunities for the next decade

J Yang, X Liu, S Cao, X Dong, S Rao, K Cai - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Esophageal cancer (EC) is the seventh most common cancer worldwide with over 570,000
new cases annually. In China, the incidence of EC is particularly high where approximately …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic diseases and conditions related to alcohol use

KD Shield, C Parry, J Rehm - Alcohol research: current reviews, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for many chronic diseases and conditions. The average
volume of alcohol consumed, consumption patterns, and quality of the alcoholic beverages …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in China

H Liang, JH Fan, YL Qiao - Cancer biology & medicine, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Esophageal cancer is one of the most fatal diseases worldwide mainly because of its rapid
progression and poor prognosis. Although the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma …

[HTML][HTML] Light alcohol drinking and cancer: a meta-analysis

V Bagnardi, M Rota, E Botteri, I Tramacere, F Islami… - Annals of oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
Background There is convincing evidence that alcohol consumption increases the risk of
cancer of the colorectum, breast, larynx, liver, esophagus, oral cavity and pharynx. Most of …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic analysis of oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma identifies alcohol drinking-related mutation signature and genomic alterations

J Chang, W Tan, Z Ling, R Xi, M Shao, M Chen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Approximately half of the world's 500,000 new oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma
(ESCC) cases each year occur in China. Here, we show whole-genome sequencing of DNA …

[HTML][HTML] European Code against Cancer 4th Edition: Alcohol drinking and cancer

C Scoccianti, M Cecchini, AS Anderson, F Berrino… - Cancer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Alcohol consumption is the third leading risk factor for disease and mortality in Europe. As
evaluated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs, a …

Genome-wide association analyses of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese identify multiple susceptibility loci and gene-environment interactions

C Wu, P Kraft, K Zhai, J Chang, Z Wang, Y Li, Z Hu… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and a genome-wide gene-
environment interaction analysis of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC) in 2,031 …