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Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer in China

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Carcinoma of the esophagus is more prevalent in China than in most other countries, the age-adjusted mortality being 31.66/100000 in males and 15.93/100000 in females, ranking second only to cancer of the stomach, and accounting for 26.5% of all cancer deaths in men and 19,7% in women. Its cumulative mortality up to 74 years of age is 4.0% for men and 1.96% for women. The male-to-female ratio of this disease is about 2:1. There is a great variation in the geographic distribution of this cancer. On the county level, the difference in mortality can be as high as 645-fold in men and 791-fold in women [1].

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  1. Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

    G. J. Huang

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  1. Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, D-8000, Munich 80, Federal Republic of Germany

    J. R. Siewert M.D. FACS (Professor of Surgery) & A. H. Hölscher M.D. (Professor of Surgery) & 

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Huang, G.J. (1988). Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer in China. In: Siewert, J.R., Hölscher, A.H. (eds) Diseases of the Esophagus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86432-2_1

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