BACKGROUND Physical activity has been inversely associated with risk of several cancers. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the association between physical activity and risk of esophageal cancer (esophageal adenocarcinoma [EAC] and/or esophageal squamous cell carcinoma [ESCC]). METHODS We conducted a comprehensive search of bibliographic databases and conference p...

Esophageal cancer (EC) is the eighth most common cancer and is the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. The incidence of histologic subtypes of EC, esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and esophageal squamous carcinoma (ESCC), display considerable geographic variation. EAC arises from metaplastic Barrett's esophagus (BE) in the context of chronic inflammation secondary to exposure to acid and bil...

Cancers of the esophagus and stomach present a major health burden worldwide. In the past 30 years we have witnessed some interesting shifts in terms of epidemiology of esophago gastric cancers. Regardless of a world region, the majority of patients diagnosed with esophageal or gastric cancers die from progression or recurrence of their disease. While there are many active cytotoxic agents for ...

Introduction:   Radiotherapy with or without surgery plays an important role in the treatment of patients with esophageal cancer. In the treatment planning of esophageal cancer, usually normal lung volume was observed in the treatment fields and probably received high radiation dose. The incidence of radiation pneumonitis (RP) after radiotherapy (RT) for sensitive organ of lu...

Copyright: © 2013 nong Zou X, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Stomach cancer and esophageal cancer are among the most common and lethal cancers worldwide, causing 934 000 and 380 000 dea...

esophageal cancer is the second and third most common malignancy in iranian males and females, respectively, claiming lives of approximately 5800 iranians each year. squamous cell carcinoma (scc) is presently the most common type accounting for about 90% of all esophageal cancers in iran. recent studies have shown that there is a gradual increase in the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the distal...

Background Epidemiological trends of esophageal cancer attributable to smoking remain unclear. This study aimed estimate the spatiotemporal burden assist in global prevention and cessation. Methods Data on were obtained from Global Burden Disease Study 2019. The number age-standardized rates mortality (ASMR) disability-adjusted life years (ASDR) analyzed by age, sex, location. Joinpoint regress...

Background & Aims: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, with the peak frequency of a decade lower than the global age. The aim of this cross sectional study is to estimate the burden of breast cancer in women in Western Azerbaijan Province in 2013. Materials & Methods:  In this cross-sectional study, the information needed to calculate YLD and YLL creating the total DA...