S0389 Comparison of the Risk Factor Profile of Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagogastric Junction (EGJ) and Non-Junctional Esophageal Adenocarcinomas (EAC): A National Database Study

INTRODUCTION: Adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) are thought to represent a distinct tumor entity with a rapidly increasing incidence in the Western hemisphere. Whether they arise in the distal esophagus or from the gastric cardia is an unresolved debate. Our objective was to compare demographics and risk factors between EGJ neoplasms and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). METHODS: We obtained aggregate data from a national...