Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer
The epidemiology of esophageal cancer has radically changed in the last fifty-years in the Western world. Changes in the predominant type of squamous cell carcinoma to adenocarcinoma, disparities between different…
Esophageal Cancer: A Historical Perspective
The history of esophageal cancer dates back to ancient Egyptian times, circa 3000 bc . Since then, the progress in the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal cancer has been steady….
Dedication
Philip G. McManis, MD I would like to dedicate this issue of the Gastroenterology Clinics of North America to a colleague, Associate Professor Philip G. McManis, MD, who died peacefully…
