How common is esophageal cancer?
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Esophageal cancer is one of the most common cancer. While the suqamous cell carcinoma (one type of esophageal cancer) is more common in Asia (China, Iran, Iraq, Turkey), parts of Africa and France, Adenocarcinoma (the other main type of esophageal cancer) is more common in Western Europe and America.
There are about 500,000 people are diagnosed with esophageal cancer each year, and among which 15,500 are in the US.
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