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Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers

2011; National Comprehensive Cancer; Volume: 9; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.6004/jnccn.2011.0072

1540-1413

Jaffer A. Ajani, James S. Barthel, David J. Bentrem, Thomas A. D’Amico, Prajnan Das, Crystal S. Denlinger, Charles S. Fuchs, Hans Gerdes, Robert E. Glasgow, James A. Hayman, Wayne L. Hofstetter, David H. Ilson, Rajesh N. Keswani, Lawrence Kleinberg, W. Michael Korn, A. Craig Lockhart, Mary F. Mulcahy, Mark B. Orringer, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, James Posey, Aaron R. Sasson, Walter J. Scott, Stephen Shibata, Vivian E. Strong, Thomas K. Varghese, Graham Warren, M. Kay Washington, Christopher G. Willett, Cameron D. Wright,

Esophageal and GI Pathology

Overview Upper gastrointestinal tract cancers originating in the esophagus, esophagogastric junction (EGJ), and stomach constitute a major health problem around the world. An estimated 37,640 new cases of and 25,070 deaths from upper gastrointestinal cancers occurred in the United States in 2010.1 A dramatic shift in the location of upper gastrointestinal tumors has occurred in the United States.2,3 Changes in hisNCCN