Changing patterns in the incidence of esophageal and gastric carcinoma in the United States

✍ Scribed by Susan S. Devesa; William J. Blot; Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 81 KB
• Volume: 83
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981115)83:10<2049::aid-cncr1>3.0.co;2-2

✦ Synopsis

As indicated in the article, rates for earlier years have been presented previously, but this is the first time the data have been extended through 1994.

The authors appreciate the sustained high quality registry operations of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program participants, the dedication of the National Cancer Institute SEER staff, and the computer programming and figure development by Ms. Joan Hertel of IMS, Inc.