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Oesophageal cancer in gastric surgery patients
C P Caygill1, M J Hill, J S Kirkham
1PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK.
The Italian Journal of Gastroenterology
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (which has been steadily increasing in incidence during the last 20 years) is thought to be promoted by gastric reflux. In a cohort of 5018 gastric surgery patients, 19 of whom developed oesophageal cancer, there was no increased proportion of adenocarcinomas. We conclude that the hypothesized aetiology was not supported.