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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Esophageal cancers are typically [[carcinoma]]s, which arise from the [[epithelium]], or surface lining of the esophagus. Most esophageal cancer fall into one of two classes: [[squamous cell carcinoma]]s, which are similar to [[head and neck cancer]] in their appearance and association with [[tobacco]] and [[alcohol]] consumption, and [[adenocarcinoma]]s, which are often associated with a history of [[gastroesophageal reflux disease]] and [[Barrett's esophagus]].The adenocarcinomas of esophagus present clinically as that of gastric adenocarcinomas and make up more than 70% of esophageal cancers.<ref name="pmid14657432">{{cite journal| author=Enzinger PC, Mayer RJ| title=Esophageal cancer. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2003 | volume= 349 | issue= 23 | pages= 2241-52 | pmid=14657432 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra035010 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14657432 }} </ref> | Esophageal cancers are typically [[carcinoma]]s, which arise from the [[epithelium]], or surface lining of the esophagus. Most esophageal cancer fall into one of two classes: [[squamous cell carcinoma]]s, which are similar to [[head and neck cancer]] in their appearance and association with [[tobacco]] and [[alcohol]] consumption, and [[adenocarcinoma]]s, which are often associated with a history of [[gastroesophageal reflux disease]] and [[Barrett's esophagus]].The [[adenocarcinomas]] of esophagus present clinically as that of gastric adenocarcinomas and make up more than 70% of esophageal cancers.<ref name="pmid14657432">{{cite journal| author=Enzinger PC, Mayer RJ| title=Esophageal cancer. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2003 | volume= 349 | issue= 23 | pages= 2241-52 | pmid=14657432 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra035010 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14657432 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Classification
Esophageal cancers are typically carcinomas, which arise from the epithelium, or surface lining of the esophagus. Most esophageal cancer fall into one of two classes: squamous cell carcinomas, which are similar to head and neck cancer in their appearance and association with tobacco and alcohol consumption, and adenocarcinomas, which are often associated with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett's esophagus.The adenocarcinomas of esophagus present clinically as that of gastric adenocarcinomas and make up more than 70% of esophageal cancers.[1]
References
- ↑ Enzinger PC, Mayer RJ (2003). "Esophageal cancer". N Engl J Med. 349 (23): 2241–52. doi:10.1056/NEJMra035010. PMID 14657432.