Authors: | Kelsen, D.; Laufer, I.; Leichman, L.; Orringer, M. B.; Rich, T. A.; Scherl, E. |
Article Title: | Alarming trends in esophageal cancer |
Abstract: | It may be time to drop some long-held notions about this lethal disease, which is no longer primarily a disease of the indigent, the smoker, and the drinker. Adenocarcinoma is on the rise in middle-aged white men. |
Keywords: | adult; mortality; adenocarcinoma; risk factors; middle age; cancer survivors; esophageal neoplasms -- therapy; esophageal neoplasms -- epidemiology; esophageal neoplasms -- diagnosis; male; female; esophageal neoplasms -- trends; esophageal neoplasms -- classification; esophageal diseases -- physiopathology; esophageal diseases -- complications; gastroesophageal reflux -- prevention and control |
Journal Title: | Patient Care |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 16 |
ISSN: | 0031-305X |
Publisher: | UBM Advanstar Communications, Inc |
Date Published: | 1992-10-15 |
Start Page: | 72 |
End Page: | 76, 78, 84 passim |
Language: | English |
ACCESSION: | 107461109 |
PROVIDER: | EBSCOhost |
PROVIDER: | cin20 |
DOI/URL: | |
Notes: | Full page count is: 72-76, 78, 84, 87-90, 93, 97-100, 107-110, 115-117, 120, 122 -- Source: cin20 |