Erschienen in:
01.04.2010 | Introduction to Review Articles
Alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, and the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
verfasst von:
Yoshihiko Maehara
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Clinical Oncology
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Ausgabe 2/2010
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Excerpt
Esophageal cancer is a highly aggressive cancer and the surgical treatment is extremely invasive. In Japan, the patient prognosis has improved remarkably due to advances in tumor diagnosis, operative techniques, perioperative management, and chemoradiotherapy; however, approximately half of the patients cannot be cured even after an esophagectomy [
1,
2]. Early detection, as well as prevention, is therefore important to avoid esophageal cancer deaths. …