PC Enzinger, RJ Mayer - N Engl J Med, 2003 - usagiedu.com Cancers arising from the esophagus, including the gastroesophageal junction, are
rel- atively uncommon in the United States, with 13,900 new cases and 13,000
deaths an- ticipated in 2003.1 The lifetime risk of this cancer is 0.8 ... Cited by 552 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 17 versions
- ►kopernika.pl [PDF] EE Calle, R Kaaks - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - medscape.com The prevalence of overweight and obesity in most developed countries (and in
urban areas of many less developed countries) has been increasing markedly over
the past two decades. [1] By the year 2000, nearly two-thirds of adults in ... Cited by 466 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] H Hampel, NS Abraham, HB El-Serag - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Background: The association of body mass index and gastro- esophageal reflux
disease (GERD), including its complications (esophagitis, Barrett esophagus, and
esophageal adenocarcinoma), is unclear. Purpose: To conduct a systematic ... Cited by 252 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org LS Engel, WH Chow, TL Vaughan, MD Gammon, … - JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2003 - jnci.oxfordjournals.org Affiliations of authors: LS Engel, W.–H. Chow, MH Gail, JF Fraumeni, Jr.,
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute,
Bethesda, MD; TL Vaughn, JL Stanford, Division of Public Health Sciences, ... Cited by 245 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
GW Falk - Gastroenterology, 2002 - Elsevier Barrett's esophagus is an acquired condition resulting from severe esophageal
mucosal injury. It still remains unclear why some patients with gastroesophageal
reflux disease develop Barrett's esophagus whereas others do not. The ... Cited by 178 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 17 versions
JA Jankowski, RF Harrison, I Perry, F Balkwill … - The lancet, 2000 - Elsevier The rate of oesophageal adenocarcinoma is increasing in the western world and
has a poor prognosis mainly because individuals present at a late stage.
Attempts to intervene at an early stage of tumour progression have not ... Cited by 173 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►bmj.com J Lagergren - British Medical Journal, 2005 - gut.bmj.com The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma is increasing and the prognosis is
poor. There is a strong predominance of white males, and heredity plays a minor
role. The established risk factors are Barrett's oesophagus, ... Cited by 103 - Related articles - All 10 versions
M Pera, C Manterola, O Vidal, L Grande - Seminars in Surgical Oncology - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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- ►oxfordjournals.org [PDF] DA Corley, PA Buffler - International Journal of epidemiology, 2001 - IEA Background Adenocarcinomas of the oesophagus and proximal stomach are the most
rapidly increasing malignancies in some countries; however, there are no
comparative studies on global disease incidence, and the relationships ... Cited by 93 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
P Sharma, GW Falk, AP Weston, D Reker, M … - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2006 - Elsevier Background & Aims: The exact incidence of adenocarcinoma in patients with
Barrett's esophagus (BE) is not known and is reported to vary from 0.2%–2% per
year. Published series of patients with BE have included relatively small ... Cited by 81 - Related articles - All 19 versions
