Esophageal cancer in young people: A case series of 109 cases and review of the literature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Dawsey, Sonja P ^a   Tonui, Stanley ^b   Parker, Robert K ^c   Fitzwater, John W ^d   Dawsey, Sanford M ^a   White, Russell E ^b,c   Abnet, Christian C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Tenwek Hospital   (Kenya)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL TIME; TOBACCO; ADOLESCENT; AGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649559941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014080     Document Type: Article

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