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 …

Oesophageal cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide
and is therefore a major global health challenge. The two major subtypes of oesophageal …

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 …

Oesophageal carcinoma affects more than 450 000 people worldwide and the incidence is
rapidly increasing. Squamous-cell carcinoma is the predominant form of oesophageal …

Efforts to reduce global cancer disparities begin with an understanding of geographic
patterns in cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence. Using the GLOBOCAN (2002) and …

Cancers arising from the esophagus, including the gastroesophageal junction, are relatively
uncommon in the United States—the lifetime risk of this cancer is 0.8 percent for men and …

Background The causes of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia are
poorly understood. We conducted an epidemiologic investigation of the possible association …

Although the general idea of 'burden'of a disease to a community seems fairly
straightforward, there are multiple dimensions in which it may be expressed, either in terms …

BACKGROUND Incidence rates for esophageal adenocarcinoma previously were reported
to be increasing rapidly, especially among white males. Rates for gastric cardia …

Regular moderate wine consumption is often associated with reduced morbidity and
mortality from a variety of chronic diseases in which inflammation is the root cause. This …