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Carcinogenesis in the Esophagus

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Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia

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Approaches to carcinogenesis are of supreme importance in the strategy of prevention and treatment of esophageal cancer. Our understanding of this process is still limited, but there has been encouraging progress during recent years. Investigations in high-incidence areas, improvements in the technology used in detection of carcinogens and their adducts, advances in organ and cell culture of epithelial cells, studies on the metabolism of carcinogens in tissues, etc. have afforded a lot of valuable data on different aspects. Much evidence suggests that esophageal carcinogenesis is most likely a multifactorial and multistage process.

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Panjiayiao, Beijing, P. R. China

    Guo Jun Huang BS, MD, FCCP (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Beijing, P. R. China

    Ying K’ai Wu MB, ChB, FACS (Hon) (Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director of Beijing Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Medical Center) (Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director of Beijing Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Medical Center)

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Xia, Q.J. (1984). Carcinogenesis in the Esophagus. In: Huang, G.J., Wu, Y.K. (eds) Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69183-6_3

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