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SUBMITTER: GBD 2017 Oesophageal Cancer Collaborators
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7232026 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology 20200401 6
<h4>Background</h4>Oesophageal cancer is a common and often fatal cancer that has two main histological subtypes: oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Updated statistics on the incidence and mortality of oesophageal cancer, and on the disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) caused by the disease, can assist policy makers in allocating resources for prevention, treatment, and care of oesophageal cancer. We report the latest estimates of these statistics for 195 count ...[more]