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There are considerable variations in the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) related to geographic regions and demographic features. EA is one of the few cancers whose incidence is increasing in the United States. Despite advances in therapy, survival from EA remains low. Multiple risk factors may affect the development of EA or its precursor, Barrett's Esophagus, including gastroesophageal...
In order to best advise their patients, physicians need to understand the distribution of cancer, prevalent risk factors and potential means of cancer prevention in their patient population. Cancer epidemiology not only provides information about the burden of cancer and its risk factors, but also guidelines for cancer prevention and ways to evaluate cancer prevention programmes. This chapter describes...
Non‐infectious causes of death are common among travellers, with road injury and drowning the most common injury‐ related causes, together with cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. From what we know about the morbidity of travellers, they experience a range of musculoskeletal, dental, and other problems whilest travelling. An understanding of the epidemiology of non‐infectious diseases is just...
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