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Published in: Cancer Causes & Control 1/2015

01-01-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Incidence trend of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: an analysis of Surveillance Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database

Authors: Smith Giri, Ranjan Pathak, Madan Raj Aryal, Paras Karmacharya, Vijaya Raj Bhatt, Mike G. Martin

Published in: Cancer Causes & Control | Issue 1/2015

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Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide [1]. In the USA, an estimated 18,170 new cases of esophageal cancer will be detected in the year 2014 [2]. Although prior studies have shown a decline in the incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the USA and worldwide [3‐5], it is unknown if this continues to be true in recent years. …
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Title
Incidence trend of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: an analysis of Surveillance Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database
Authors
Smith Giri
Ranjan Pathak
Madan Raj Aryal
Paras Karmacharya
Vijaya Raj Bhatt
Mike G. Martin
Publication date
01-01-2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Cancer Causes & Control / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 0957-5243
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7225
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-014-0485-0

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