Global incidence of oesophageal cancer by histological subtype in 2012

The two major histological types of oesophageal cancer--adenocarcinoma (AC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)--are known to differ greatly in terms of risk factors and epidemiology. To date, global incidence estimates for individual subtypes are still lacking. This study for the first time quantified the global burden of oesophageal cancer by histological subtype.Where available, data from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Vol. X (CI5X) were...