ReviewInternational journal of cancer2017
Informing etiologic research priorities for squamous cell esophageal cancer in Africa: A review of setting-specific exposures to known and putative risk factors.
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- Biomass fuel as a risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2019Pooled it
- Esophageal cancer male to female incidence ratios in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of geographic, time and age trends.Cancer epidemiology · 2018Pooled it
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- Early esophageal cancer diagnosis in Central Oromia, Ethiopia: patient and provider perspectives on barriers and facilitators.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Integrative systems biology analysis reveals diagnostic and prognostic DNA methylation signatures in esophageal cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Article
- Global burden of breast cancer and its association with red meat consumption: spatiotemporal trends, projections, and triangulation of evidence.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Soil selenium and oesophageal cancer incidence in China: a large ecological study of population-based cancer registry data.International journal of health geographics · 2026Article
- Spatial clustering of esophageal cancer in central Oromia, Ethiopia: A spatial autocorrelation and scan statistics analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Ethnic genomic differences in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Whole-exome sequencing of Han and Kazakh populations in China.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Identification of GBP6 as a potential prognostic biomarker in esophageal carcinoma by integrated bioinformatics analysis and experiment validation.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Porphyromonas gingivalis levels correlate with TLR4 expression status and prognosis after esophagectomy for advanced thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2025Article
- Global trends and epidemiological shifts in gastrointestinal cancers: insights from the past four decades.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2025Article
- Assessment of Chromosomal Aberrations and S-phase Fraction in Patients With Esophageal Cancer.Cureus · 2025Article
- Risk of serum circulating environmental chemical residues to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a nested case-control metabolome-wide association study.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2025Article
- Projections of esophageal cancer incidence trend in Jiangsu Province, China: a Bayesian modeling study.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2025Article
- Poly(I:C) signaling induces robust CXCL10 production and apoptosis in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells.Human cell · 2025Article
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- A comprehensive analysis of the tryptophan metabolism-related gene signature to predict the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on multi-omics.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Article
- Multiple mycotoxin exposure assessment through human biomonitoring in an esophageal cancer case-control study in the Arsi-Bale districts of Oromia region of Ethiopia.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2025Article
- Global Burden of Esophageal Cancer and Its Risk Factors: A Systematic Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most common cancers in most Eastern and Southern African countries, but its etiology has been understudied to date. To inform its research agenda, we undertook a review to identify, of the ESCC risk factors which have been established or strongly suggested worldwide, those with a high prevalence or high exposure levels in any ESCC-affected African setting and the sources thereof. We found that for almost all ESCC risk factors known to date, including tobacco, alcohol, hot beverage consumption, nitrosamines and both inhaled and ingested PAHs, there is evidence of population groups with raised exposures, the sources of which vary greatly between cultures across the ESCC corridor. Research encompassing these risk factors is warranted and is likely to identify primary prevention strategies.
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