Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and accounts for the most cancer-related deaths. Over 222,000 cases of lung cancer were diagnosed (the second most diagnosed cancer) in the USA in 2010, causing an estimated 157,000 deaths (making it the number one killer of Americans in terms of cancer-related deaths). The 5-year overall survival of lung cancer is 15%. Smoking...
Thymic tumours are relatively rare neoplasms with an incidence of 0.15/100,000 population per year in the United States. Up 40% of thymoma patients present with no symptoms. Common signs and symptoms are caused by local invasion of the disease or paraneoplastic syndrome especially myasthenia gravis: ~15% patients with myasthenia gravis has thymoma, and ~45% thymoma patients have...
Esophageal cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with squamous cell responsible for 95% of all cases. Adenocarcinoma now accounts for over 50% of esophageal cancer in the USA, due to association with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obesity. Dysphagia and weight loss are the two most common presentations in patients with esophageal cancer...