Title Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma : diagnosis and treatment / Nobutoshi Ando, editor.

Publication Info.	Tokyo : Springer, [2014]
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource (x, 309 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Note	Includes index.
	Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 31, 2014).
Bibliography	References.
Summary	Esophageal cancer causes an estimated 386,000 deaths worldwide and is the sixth most common cause of death for men. The background characteristics of esophageal cancer treatment are markedly different between Asian and Western countries, however. In tumor histology, squamous cell carcinoma associated with smoking and alcohol consumption is overwhelmingly prevalent in Asia, whereas adenocarcinoma associated with Barrett's metaplasia is markedly prevalent in the West. In Asia, especially in Japan, the key persons who play important roles in the management of esophageal cancer patients are surgeo.
Subject	Esophagus -- Cancer.
	Squamous cell carcinoma.
	Medicine & Public Health.
	Oncology.
	Cancer -- Surgery.
	Gastroenterology.
	Chest -- Surgery.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
	MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
	MEDICAL -- Diseases.
	MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
	MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
	Esophagus -- Cancer. (OCoLC)fst00915328
	Squamous cell carcinoma. (OCoLC)fst01131075
Added Author	Ando, Nobutoshi, editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Ando, Nobutoshi. Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma : Diagnosis and Treatment. Tokyo : Springer Japan, ©2014 9784431549765
Standard No.	10.1007/978-4-431-54977-2 doi
ISBN	9784431549772 (electronic bk.)
	4431549773 (electronic bk.)

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