TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Introduction
A1  - Chandrasoma, Parakrama
A1  - Taylor, Clive R.
PY  - 1998
T2  - Concise Pathology, 3e
AB  - Colorectal  cancer  is  the  second  most  common  type  of  cancer  in  the  United  States  after  lung  cancer  and  is  responsible  for  about  50,000  deaths  annually  (Chapter  41:  The  Intestines:  III.  Neoplasms).  Gastric  cancer  is  less  common  in  the  United  States  but  has  a  high  prevalence  in  Japan  and  South  America  (Chapter  38:  The  Stomach).  Cancer  of  the  esophagus  (Chapter  37:  The  Esophagus)  also  has  a  marked  geographic  variation,  being  much  more  common  in  China  than  in  the  United  States—except  for  adenocarcinomas  complicating  Barrett's  esophagus,  which  is  presently  increasing  rapidly  in  incidence  in  the  United  States.  These  geographic  variations  provide  insights  into  causes  of  cancer  (see  Chapter  18:  Neoplasia:  II.  Mechanisms  &  Causes  of  Neoplasia).  
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