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Chemical Factors in the Pathogenesis of Esophageal Carcinoma

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Cancer of the Liver, Esophagus, and Nasopharynx

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Research into etiological factors of esophageal cancer has increased considerably in the past 1 or 2 decades. There are several reasons for the growing interest in this specific tumor site, one of the more important being the epidemiological identification of defined high-risk areas for this type of cancer [4, 22], such as, for example, the Iranian part of the Caspian Sea and Linxian County in China, both areas belonging to the same belt of high incidence of esophageal cancer. Other important areas to be mentioned here are the Transkai in South Africa or Normandy and Brittany in northwestern France.

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  1. Information und Statistik des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums, Institut für Dokumentation, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Gustav Wagner

  2. Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Pan Jia Yao Zuo Anmen Wai, Beijing, P. R. China

    Zhang You-Hui (Director) (Director)

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Preußmann, R. (1987). Chemical Factors in the Pathogenesis of Esophageal Carcinoma. In: Wagner, G., You-Hui, Z. (eds) Cancer of the Liver, Esophagus, and Nasopharynx. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71510-5_16

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