TY - JOUR AU - Sunpaweravong, Somkiat PY - 2010/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Esophageal Cancer JF - The Thai Journal of Surgery JA - Thai J Surg VL - 31 IS - 4 SE - Review Articles DO - UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiJSurg/article/view/227597 SP - AB - <p>Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common malignancy in the world. In general, squamous cell<br>carcinoma is more common than adenocarcinoma, except in the USA. The etiology of the cancer is multifactorial,<br>involving such things as smoking, alcohol, dietary habits, viral infections, GERD, environmental<br>carcinogens, and socioeconomic status. This review also shows factors that may protect against the development<br>of esophageal cancer such as a diet rich in fruits and vegetables or consumption of NSAIDs or helicobactor<br>pylori infection in adenocarcinoma.</p> ER -