Increasing Incidence of Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction and Distal Stomach in Canada – An Epidemiological Study from 1964 to 2002 | Zendy

Jeremy Parfitt | Zendy; Zoran Miladinović | Zendy; David K. Driman | Zendy

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Increasing Incidence of Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction and Distal Stomach in Canada – An Epidemiological Study from 1964 to 2002

Author(s) -

Jeremy Parfitt,

Zoran Miladinović,

David K. Driman

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-7237

pISSN - 0835-7900

DOI - 10.1155/2006/175751

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , adenocarcinoma , medicine , epidemiology , cancer registry , esophagus , demography , cancer , esophageal cancer , stomach , gastroenterology , physics , sociology , optics

The increasing incidence of esophageal and proximal gastric (cardia) adenocarcinoma and the decreasing incidence of distal gastric (antropyloric) adenocarcinoma has been documented in several populations. The aim of the present study was to examine incidence trends of these neoplasms in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, over a 39-year period.

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