Increased Risk of Esophageal Cancers Among Men in Taiwan

Despite increased research, the risks of developing esophageal cancer and of death from this disease, especially among men, have increased worldwide. The goals of this review include an assessment of male predominance of esophageal cancer and an analysis of its high mortality rates. Determination of...

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Autores principales: Dix, Olivia, Thakur, Mala, Genova, Alessia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7075506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32201667
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6990
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description Despite increased research, the risks of developing esophageal cancer and of death from this disease, especially among men, have increased worldwide. The goals of this review include an assessment of male predominance of esophageal cancer and an analysis of its high mortality rates. Determination of the genetic and environmental factors associated with esophageal cancer may help explain its male predominance and help design more effective treatments of this disease. 
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spelling pubmed-70755062020-03-20 Increased Risk of Esophageal Cancers Among Men in Taiwan Dix, Olivia Thakur, Mala Genova, Alessia Cureus Pathology Despite increased research, the risks of developing esophageal cancer and of death from this disease, especially among men, have increased worldwide. The goals of this review include an assessment of male predominance of esophageal cancer and an analysis of its high mortality rates. Determination of the genetic and environmental factors associated with esophageal cancer may help explain its male predominance and help design more effective treatments of this disease.  Cureus 2020-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7075506/ /pubmed/32201667 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6990 Text en Copyright © 2020, Dix et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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.
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Increased Risk of Esophageal Cancers Among Men in Taiwan
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title_short Increased Risk of Esophageal Cancers Among Men in Taiwan
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