Coping with esophageal cancer approaches worldwide

Abstract

The following, from the 12th OESO World Conference: Cancers of the Esophagus, includes commentaries on approaches to the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of esophageal cancer in Europe, South Africa, Kenya, Australia, and China; the molecular classification of esophageal cancers (including cancers at the gastroesophageal junction); the Japanese classification; the scope of the Human Variome Project; and the topographic-anatomic subclassification of adenocarcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction.

Keywords: Australia; China; Europe; Human Variome Project; Japan; Kenya; OESO; South Africa; adenocarcinoma; esophageal cancer; gastroesophageal junction.