Esophagus Cancer

Obesity, Smoking May Be Responsible for Rise in Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 30th, 1998

One type of cancer of the esophagus has increased more than 350 percent among white men in the past 20 years, and researchers say the reasons may include smoking and an increase in obesity.

The study, published in the November 12, 1998, issue of Cancer, reported that annual cases of adenocarcinoma rose from 0.7 cases per 100,000 in 1974-76 to 3.2 cases per 100,000 in 1992-94. The findings, based on already existing national data, were determined by researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the International Epidemiology Institute.

Nearly 90 percent of patients with esophageal cancer die within five years of contracting the...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (1998-11-30)

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