Infection and esophageal cancer. (29th September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al‐Haddad, Sahar; El‐Zimaity, Hala; Hafezi‐Bakhtiari, Sara; Rajendra, Shanmugarajah; Streutker, Catherine J.; Vajpeyi, Rajkumar; Wang, Bin
• Other Names: Giuli Robert guestEditor.; Umar Asad guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Volume 1325(2014)
• Page Start: 187
• Page End: 196
• Publication Date: 2014-09-29
• Subjects: mucin -- microbiota -- HPV -- Helicobacter pylori -- Epstein–Barr -- esophageal adenocarcinoma -- OESO; Medical sciences -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12530
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0077-8923

Abstract

Abstract : The following, from the 12th OESO World Conference: Cancers of the Esophagus, includes commentaries on infection and cancer, and includes commentaries on the influence of bacterial infections on mucin expression and cancer risk; the role of esophageal bacterial biota in the incidence of esophageal disease; the association between human papilloma virus (HPV) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; the role of HPV in esophageal adenocarcinoma; the role of Helicobacter pylori in cardiac carcinoma; and the role of Epstein–Barr virus infection in esophageal cancer.