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Review
. 2012 Oct;92(5):1077-87.
doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2012.07.008. Epub 2012 Aug 20.

Epidemiology of esophageal cancer

Jason B Wheeler  1 , Carolyn E Reed
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Review

Epidemiology of esophageal cancer

Jason B Wheeler et al. Surg Clin North Am. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

This article discusses the incidence, geographic differences, and risk factors for the 2 most common cancers of the esophagus: squamous cell and adenocarcinoma.

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