Epidemiology of esophageal cancer - an overview article

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Epidemiology of esophageal cancer - an overview article

Original language description

Background: Esophageal cancer is one of the most serious tumor diseases worldwide, owing to its rapid development and fatal prognosis in most cases. To compare epidemiologic characteristics, data published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France and data from Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic were used. Methods: We conducted a search of selected Czech and foreign literature focused on the epidemiology of esophageal cancer and its main risk factors. Resultsand Conclusion: An overview of esophageal cancer epidemiology is presented. Prevention of esophageal cancer should be based on early detection and surveillance of precancerous lesions, especially of Barrett's esophagus, and attention should also focus onmodification of changeable risk factors, including tobacco smoking, alcohol abuse, and ingestion of hot and spicy food. Carefully designed epidemiologic studies, both descriptive and analytical, are required to increase understanding of

Czech name

Epidemiologie karcinomu jícnu - souhrn

Czech description

Karcinom jícnu je ve světě jedním z nejčastějších nádorových onemocnění, které se vyznačuje rychlým průběhem a většinou fatálním koncem. Pro srovnání epidemiologických charakteristik byla použita data publikovaná IARC Lyon a data MOÚ Brno. Při srovnáváníincidence a úmrtnosti byla použita data přepočtena na světový standard.

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FN - Epidemiology, infection diseases and clinical immunology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2007

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biomedical Papers

ISSN

1213-8118

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

151

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

17-28

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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