Epidemiology of esophageal cancer: Orient to Occident. Effects of chronology, geography and ethnicity

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 729-735

  Hongo, Michio ^a,b   Nagasaki, Yutaka ^b   Shoji, Tomotaka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Department of Comprehensive Medicine ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Esophageal adenocarcinoma; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Ethnicity; Geography

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER RISK; CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65949102794     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.05824.x     Document Type: Review

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