Esophageal Cancer Mortality during 2004-2009 in Yanting County, China

Phase II Study of Docetaxel (AisuⓇ) Combined with Three-dimensional Conformal External Beam Radiotherapy in Treating Patients with Inoperable Esophageal Cancer

“…China is an area with high incidence of EC (Song et al, 2012). In China, approximately 90% patients were pathologically diagnosed as squamous cell EC, which is sensitive to radiation.…”

“…According to 2002 statistical estimation, agestandardized mortality of esophageal cancer (EC) in China was 21.6/10 5 for males and 9.6/10 5 for females, in contrast to 9.6/10 5 and 3.9/10 5 worldwide, 5.1/10 5 and 1.2/10 5 in the United States, 7.5/10 5 and 1.1/10 5 in Japan, for males and females, respectively (Song et al, 2012). Even within China, a big geographic variation is observed where a higher incidence is documented in Henan, northern Jiangsu, and Shanxi province (Song et al, 2012).…”

“…Even within China, a big geographic variation is observed where a higher incidence is documented in Henan, northern Jiangsu, and Shanxi province (Song et al, 2012). SiYang hospital is located in northern part of Jiangsu province and is within this high risk area.…”

Overview of Cancer Registration Research in the Asian Pacific from 2008-2013

“…On a national level, linking registry data with clinical, drug safety, financial, or drug utilization databases allows analyses of associations between utilization and outcomes (Soon et al, 2013 all combined sources and were not statistically different between the two radiation exposed non-exposed groups (Song et al, 2012). The 10-year RSRs for all cancers combined improved from 29.…”

“…However, over 20 years from 1989 to 2008, esophageal cancer age standardized incidence rate in cancer registration areas decreased with time (Zhao et al, 2012). Mortality decreased over the six years in both genders, although it remained high in the Yanting area (Song et al, 2012). In Japan, estimated average annual percentage change for adenocarcinomas was 4.7% (95% confidence interval: 0.7, 8.9) in men and 6.0% (2.4, 9.8) in women Japan SCC slight increase (Shibata et al, 2008).…”