[Adenocarcinomas of the distal esophagus. Adenocarcinomas of the cardia].
Adenocarcinomas of the distal esophagus and the gastric cardia have many similar characteristics and common risk factors. Gastric cardia tumors are more closely related to esophageal adenocarcinomas than to distal gastric carcinomas. Adenocarcinomas of the distal esophagus and gastric cardia should be regarded as one clinical entity. However the two types of tumor differed in prevalence of molecular characteristics that are interesting to analyze, to identify the risk factors specially associated with each entities.
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Laboratoire d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232, boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite, 13009 Marseille, France. mongesg@marseille.fnclcc.fr
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*