title: Infection and esophageal cancer.
abstract: The following, from the 12th OESO World Conference: Cancers of the Esophagus, includes commentaries on infection and cancer, and includes commentaries on the influence of bacterial infections on mucin expression and cancer risk; the role of esophageal bacterial biota in the incidence of esophageal disease; the association between human papilloma virus (HPV) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; the role of HPV in esophageal adenocarcinoma; the role of Helicobacter pylori in cardiac carcinoma; and the role of Epstein-Barr virus infection in esophageal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Sahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Haddad
authors.forename: Hala
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El-Zimaity
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hafezi-Bakhtiari
authors.forename: Shanmugarajah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajendra
authors.forename: Catherine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Streutker
authors.forename: Rajkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vajpeyi
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota / Q000502:physiology; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010297:Paris
keywords: Epstein-Barr; HPV; Helicobacter pylori; OESO; esophageal adenocarcinoma; microbiota; mucin