Some Observations on Oesophageal Carcinoma in Ceylon, Including its Relationship to Betel Chewing

A series of 237 cases of oesophageal carcinoma admitted to two thoracic units in Ceylon is analysed. Evidence suggestive of an aetiological link between betel chewing and high incidence of the tumour in Ceylon is presented. The sex incidence is unusual in that there is a preponderance of females in...

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Autores principales: Stephen, S. J., Uragoda, C. G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1970
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2008529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5428609
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description A series of 237 cases of oesophageal carcinoma admitted to two thoracic units in Ceylon is analysed. Evidence suggestive of an aetiological link between betel chewing and high incidence of the tumour in Ceylon is presented. The sex incidence is unusual in that there is a preponderance of females in the series. A significant proportion of patients were women under 40 years of age. The middle third of the oesophagus was the commonest site affected.
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spelling pubmed-20085292009-09-10 Some Observations on Oesophageal Carcinoma in Ceylon, Including its Relationship to Betel Chewing Stephen, S. J. Uragoda, C. G. Br J Cancer Articles A series of 237 cases of oesophageal carcinoma admitted to two thoracic units in Ceylon is analysed. Evidence suggestive of an aetiological link between betel chewing and high incidence of the tumour in Ceylon is presented. The sex incidence is unusual in that there is a preponderance of females in the series. A significant proportion of patients were women under 40 years of age. The middle third of the oesophagus was the commonest site affected. Nature Publishing Group 1970-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2008529/ /pubmed/5428609 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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