Clinical and epidemiologic variations of esophageal cancer in Tanzania

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Mar 15, 2016; 8(3): 314-320
Published online Mar 15, 2016. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v8.i3.314

Table 1 Descriptive information of the study population of 1332 esophageal cancer patients at Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Tanzania 2006-2013

	n (%)
Age group (n = 1329)
15-34 yr	78 (5.9)
35-44 yr	141 (10.6)
45-54 yr	246 (18.5)
55-64 yr	374 (28.1)
65+ yr	489 (36.8)
Sex (n = 1332)
Male	906 (68.0)
Female	426 (32.0)
Year starting treatment at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (n = 1332)
2006	135 (10.1)
2007	140 (10.5)
2008	174 (13.1)
2009	202 (15.2)
2010	211 (15.8)
2011	171 (12.8)
2012	139 (10.4)
2013	160 (12.0)
Histopathologic diagnosis (n = 626)
Squamous cell carcinoma	569 (90.9)
Adenocarcinoma	57 (9.1)
Smoking and alcohol history (n = 1332)
Status
Alcohol and smoking	396 (29.7)
Alcohol only	150 (11.3)
Smoking only	137 (10.3)
Neither alcohol nor smoking	371 (27.9)
Unknown	278 (20.9)

Citation: Gabel JV, Chamberlain RM, Ngoma T, Mwaiselage J, Schmid KK, Kahesa C, Soliman AS. Clinical and epidemiologic variations of esophageal cancer in Tanzania. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2016; 8(3): 314-320
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v8/i3/314.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v8.i3.314

Gabel JV, Chamberlain RM, Ngoma T, Mwaiselage J, Schmid KK, Kahesa C, Soliman AS. Clinical and epidemiologic variations of esophageal cancer in Tanzania. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2016; 8(3): 314-320 [PMID: 26989467 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v8.i3.314]

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