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. 1999 Jan-Mar;36(1):32-6.

[Prevalence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction in a 10 year period at a cancer referral center in southern Brazil]

[Article in Portuguese]
S G de Barros  1 , R M Vidal, L P Luz, E S Ghisolfi, G G Barlem, F Komlós, F H Wolff, H P Breyer, A C Pütten, J Dietz, C D Kruel, A C Grüber, J C Prolla
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[Prevalence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction in a 10 year period at a cancer referral center in southern Brazil]

[Article in Portuguese]
S G de Barros et al. Arq Gastroenterol. 1999 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

There is increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction in the USA and Europe, however, data in Brazil are scanty.

Objective and methods: We reviewed all histology confirmed esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancer reports during a 10-year period (1987-1996) obtained by upper digestive endoscopy biopsies at a cancer referral center in Southern Brazil. Cancer cases were classified in three categories: adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and others.

Results: Among 349 cases, adenocarcinoma was found in 53 (15.2%), squamous cell carcinoma in 283 (81.1%) and others in 13 (3.7%).

Conclusions: In this study, the prevalence of adenocarcinoma was 15%.

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