Open AccessMultiple primary malignancies for squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
Author(s) -
Dongni Chen,
Ningbo Fan,
Junxian Mo,
Weidong Wang,
Ruiqi Wang,
Youfang Chen,
Jia Hu,
Zhesheng Wen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.08.51
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , gastroenterology , pharynx , adenocarcinoma , stomach , cancer , incidence (geometry) , carcinoma , esophageal cancer , larynx , oncology , surgery , physics , optics
Patients with esophageal cancer (EC) frequently have multiple primary cancers. We conducted the present study to assess the risk of multiple primary malignancies for patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC) of the esophagus and to investigate the influence of multiple primary tumors on the prognosis of EC patients.