Abstract
In Japan, the trend in age-adjusted mortality from esophageal cancer has been quite stable for males since 1955, about 4.5–5.0 per 100000, but for females, the mortality has gradually been decreasing since 1970 (Fig. 1). Esophageal cancer deaths account for approximately 5% and 2% of total cancer deaths in males and females respectively; this type of cancer is relatively infrequent in Japan. Looking at the trend in esophageal cancer by site, the incidence in the upper portion of the esophagus has been decreasing for the last two decades.
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Sasaki, R., Aoki, K., Mizuno, S., Hamajima, N., Asano, A. (1988). Epidemiological Study on Esophageal Cancer in Japan. 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_2
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