[Prevalence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction in a 10 year period at a cancer referral center in southern Brazil].
There is increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction in the USA and Europe, however, data in Brazil are scanty.


OBJECTIVE
We reviewed all histology confirmed esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancer reports during a 10-year period (1987-1996) obtained by upper digestive endoscopy biopsies at a cancer referral center in Southern Brazil. Cancer cases were classified in three categories: adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and others.


RESULTS
Among 349 cases, adenocarcinoma was found in 53 (15.2%), squamous cell carcinoma in 283 (81.1%) and others in 13 (3.7%).


CONCLUSIONS
In this study, the prevalence of adenocarcinoma was 15%.
de Barros
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SG
Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Câncer de Esôfago, GEPECE, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. pggastro@zaz.com.br
Vidal
R M
RM
Luz
L P
LP
Ghisolfi
E S
ES
Barlem
G G
GG
Komlós
F
F
Wolff
F H
FH
Breyer
H P
HP
Pütten
A C
AC
Dietz
J
J
Kruel
C D
CD
Grüber
A C
AC
Prolla
J C
JC
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies