title: Coping with esophageal cancer approaches worldwide.
abstract: The following, from the 12th OESO World Conference: Cancers of the Esophagus, includes commentaries on approaches to the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of esophageal cancer in Europe, South Africa, Kenya, Australia, and China; the molecular classification of esophageal cancers (including cancers at the gastroesophageal junction); the Japanese classification; the scope of the Human Variome Project; and the topographic-anatomic subclassification of adenocarcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction.
authors.affiliation: Human Variome Project International Limited, Department of Pathology, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard G H
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martinek
authors.forename: Vikash
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sewram
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smithers
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: You-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Harushi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Udagawa
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-Qiang
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Russell E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D014943:Global Health / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality / Q000208:ethnology / Q000639:trends; D010297:Paris; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Australia; China; Europe; Human Variome Project; Japan; Kenya; OESO; South Africa; adenocarcinoma; esophageal cancer; gastroesophageal junction