Epidemiology of esophageal cancer, especially adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction.

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Summary

A silent majority of patients with Barrett's esophagus remain unrecognized in the general population and may not be diagnosed unless adenocarcinoma develops, and current data does not confirm H. pylori as a risk factor for cancer of the EGJ.

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review
Published
2000-01-01
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Keywords

Esophagus, Medicine, Intestinal metaplasia, Gastroenterology, Adenocarcinoma

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