Cancer of the oesophagus - Quo vadis?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-198

  de Groot, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COPPER; IRON; MOLYBDENUM; ZINC;

AGE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL;

EID: 33645319438     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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