Epidemiology of esophageal cancer

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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2013; 19(34): 5598-5606
Published online Sep 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i34.5598

Table 2 Esophageal cancer risk factors[5,80-87]

Risk factor		Squmous-cell carcinoma	Adenocarcinoma
First or second hand smoke		+++	++
Alcohol consumption		+++	-
Consumption of red meat		+	+
Barrett’s esophagus		-	++++
Reflux symptoms		-	+++
Being overweight		-	++
Poverty		++	-
Caustic injury to the esophagus		++++	-
History of head and neck cancer		++++	-
History with radiotherapy		+++	+++
Frequent consumption of extremely hot drinks		+	-
Polymorphism	Cyclin D1 (CCND1) G870A polymorphism	-	+
	p53	+	-
	polymorphism	+	-
	TERT A279T polymorphism	+	+

-: No effect; +: Suspicious effect; ++: Positive effect; +++, ++++: Strong positive effect.

Citation: Zhang Y. Epidemiology of esophageal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(34): 5598-5606
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i34/5598.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i34.5598