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Review
. 2017 Sep 1;28(9):2086-2093.
doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx279.

International cancer seminars: a focus on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

G Murphy  1 , V McCormack  2 , B Abedi-Ardekani  3 , M Arnold  4 , M C Camargo  1 , N A Dar  5 , S M Dawsey  1 , A Etemadi  1 , R C Fitzgerald  6 , D E Fleischer  7 , N D Freedman  1 , A M Goldstein  1 , S Gopal  8 , M Hashemian  1   9 , N Hu  1 , P L Hyland  1 , B Kaimila  8 , F Kamangar  10 , R Malekzadeh  9 , C G Mathew  11   12 , D Menya  13 , G Mulima  8 , M M Mwachiro  14 , A Mwasamwaja  15 , N Pritchett  1 , Y-L Qiao  16 , L F Ribeiro-Pinto  17 , M Ricciardone  18 , J Schüz  2 , F Sitas  19   20 , P R Taylor  1 , K Van Loon  21 , S-M Wang  1   16 , W-Q Wei  16 , C P Wild  22 , C Wu  16 , C C Abnet  1 , S J Chanock  1 , P Brennan  3
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Review

International cancer seminars: a focus on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

G Murphy et al. Ann Oncol. .

Abstract

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) have initiated a series of cancer-focused seminars [Scelo G, Hofmann JN, Banks RE et al. International cancer seminars: a focus on kidney cancer. Ann Oncol 2016; 27(8): 1382-1385]. In this, the second seminar, IARC and NCI convened a workshop in order to examine the state of the current science on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma etiology, genetics, early detection, treatment, and palliation, was reviewed to identify the most critical open research questions. The results of these discussions were summarized by formulating a series of 'difficult questions', which should inform and prioritize future research efforts.

Keywords: clinical research; early detection; epidemiology; esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC); genomics.

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Figure 1.
Incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (age standardized rates, per 100 000) for females (A) and males (B); GLOBOCAN 2012.
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Cancer incidence in five continents, Vol. X: Registries with age-standardized incidence in either gender of at least 15 per 100 000.
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